Chapter 19: Geology and petroleum potential of the east Barents Sea Basins and Admiralty Arch

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 35, Issue , 2011, Pages 295-310

  Klett, T R ^a   Pitman, J K ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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CRUDE OIL; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARKHANGELSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; BARENTS SEA; NOVAYA ZEMLYA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 80051936735     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M35.19     Document Type: Article

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