Chapter 49: A first look at the petroleum geology of the Lomonosov Ridge microcontinent, Arctic Ocean

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 35, Issue , 2011, Pages 751-769

  Moore, Thomas E ^a   Grantz, Arthur ^b   Pitman, Janet K ^c   Brown, Philip J ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EROSION; FAULTING; GEOACCUMULATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; JURASSIC; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SHALE; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMAL MATURITY; TRIASSIC; UPLIFT;

AMERASIAN BASIN; ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH POLE; SIBERIA;

EID: 80051948791     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M35.49     Document Type: Article

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