Sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary history of the Humber Group (Late Jurassic-Ryazanian) in the Outer Moray Firth (UKCS, North Sea)

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue 0, 1999, Pages 839-860

  Kadolsky, D ^a   Johansen, S J ^b   Duxbury, S ^c  

^a Texaco Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Texaco Inc Houston   (United States)

^c Duxbury Stratigraphic Consultants   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052537245     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0050839     Document Type: Conference Paper

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