Chapter 21: The geological evolution and hydrocarbon potential of the Barents and Kara shelves

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 35, Issue , 2011, Pages 325-344

  Stoupakova, A V ^a,b   Henriksen, E ^b   Burlin, Yu K ^a   Larsen, G B ^b   Milne, J K ^b   Kiryukhina, T A ^a   Golynchik, P O ^a   Bordunov, S I ^a   Ogarkova, M P ^a   Suslova, A A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CENOZOIC; DEVONIAN; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; JURASSIC; OIL PRODUCTION; PALEOZOIC; PETROLEUM; RIFTING; RIPHEAN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; KARA SEA; PECHORA BASIN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN LOWLAND;

EID: 80051927632     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M35.21     Document Type: Article

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