Deep-water plays of the Mauritanian continental margin

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 1217-1232

  Vear, A ^a  

^a WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinguetti Field; Deep water systems; Mauritania; Turbidites; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249249093     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0061217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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