Tectonic history and petroleum geology of the Russian Arctic Shelves: An overview

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 591-619

  Drachev, S S ^a   Malyshev, N A ^b   Nikishin, A M ^c  

^a Exxon Mobil   (United Kingdom)

^b Russian State Oil Company 'OAO NK Rosneft'   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Chukchi Sea; East Siberian Sea; Eurasian Arctic; Hydrocarbon system.; Kara Sea; Laptev Sea; Petroleum potential; Rift; Sedimentary basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051936914     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0070591     Document Type: Conference Paper

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