Chapter 13 Sverdrup Basin

Sedimentary Basins of the World

Volumn 5, Issue C, 2008, Pages 451-471

  Embry, Ashton ^a   Beauchamp, Benoit ^a  

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EID: 77957050595     PISSN: 18745997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1874-5997(08)00013-0     Document Type: Review

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