Cretaceous (post-Valanginian) sedimentation and rift events in NE Greenland (71-77°N)

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue 0, 1999, Pages 325-336

  Whitham, A G ^a   Price, S P ^a,b   Koraini, A M ^c,d   Kelly, S R A ^a  

^a West Building   (United Kingdom)

^b Shell UK Exploration and   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d PETRONAS CARIGALI SDN BHD   (Malaysia)

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EID: 80052531110     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0050325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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