Structural and stratigraphic relationships of the Palaeocene mounds of the Utsira High

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 533-547

  Wild, John ^a   Briedis, Nowell ^b  

^a Mobil North Sea Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b Esso Norge AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EMPLACEMENT; FLUIDIZATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; OIL FIELD; PALEOCENE; REMOBILIZATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; STACKING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TURBIDITE;

EID: 77955135129     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2010.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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