Lower Cretaceous of the southern North Sea Basins: Reservoir distribution within a sequence stratigraphic framework

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 203-237

  Jeremiah, J M ^a   Duxbury, S ^b   Rawson, P ^c,d  

^a Shell International e and P   (United States)

^b Duxbury Stratigraphic Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early cretaceous; Event stratigraphy; Tectonically accentuated

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EUSTACY; EVENT STRATIGRAPHY; FACIES; PROVENANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 79960252475     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016774600000706     Document Type: Article

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