Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Hugin Formation, Quadrant 15, Norwegian sector, South Viking Graben

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 157-176

  Kieft, R L ^a,b   Jackson, C A L ^a   Hampson, G J ^a   Larsen, E ^c,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d Rocksource ASA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hugin Formation; Jurassic; Shallow marine; South Viking Graben; Transgression

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052527651     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0070157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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