A middle to late miocene compression phase along the Norwegian passive margin

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 845-859

  Loseth H ^a   Henriksen, S ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Compression phase; Inversion; Lithospheric buckling; North Atlantic; Norwegian Sea; Reverse fault; Sea level fall

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449248058     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0060845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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