Stratigraphic relationships of the Lower Tertiary of the Faeroe Basalt Plateau and the Faeroe-Shetland Basin

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue 0, 1999, Pages 559-572

  Kiorboe L ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

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EID: 80052520233     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0050559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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