Anatomy of the seaward steps and seaward termination of the Brent clastic wedge

Basin Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 573-596

  Mjøs, Rune ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; JURASSIC; PROGRADATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN INTERIOR; WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY;

EID: 70349487206     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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