The prospectivity of the Vøring and Møre basins on the Norwegian Sea continental margin

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue 0, 1999, Pages 261-274

  Brekke, H ^a   Dahlgren, S ^a   Nyland, B ^a   Magnus, C ^a  

^a Norwegian Petroleum   (Norway)

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EID: 80052519240     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0050261     Document Type: Conference Paper

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