Cretaceous to palaeogene 3D palaeobathymetry and sedimentation in the Vøring basin, Norwegian sea

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 815-831

  Kjennerud, T ^a,c   Vergara, L ^b  

^a SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

^c SPE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Norwegian Sea; Palaeobathymetry; Paleocene; V ring Basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955000625     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0060815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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