Oil seepage onshore West Greenland: Evidence of multiple source rocks and oil mixing

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue 0, 1999, Pages 305-314

  Bojesen Koefoed, J A ^a   Christiansen, F G ^a   Peter Nytoft, H ^a   Pedersen, A K ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 80052537630     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0050305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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