Chapter 17: Uplift and erosion of the greater Barents Sea: Impact on prospectivity and petroleum systems

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 35, Issue , 2011, Pages 271-281

  Henriksen, E ^a   Bjornseth H M ^a   Hals, T K ^a   Heide, T ^a   Kiryukhina, T ^b   Klovjan O S ^a   Larssen, G B ^a   Ryseth, A E ^a   Ronning K ^a   Sollid, K ^a   Stoupakova, A ^a,b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LEAKAGE; PETROLEUM; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 80051919198     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M35.17     Document Type: Article

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