Faeroes Large Aperture Research Experiment (FLARE): Imaging through basalt

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue 0, 1999, Pages 1243-1252

  White, R S ^a   Fruehn, J ^a   Richardson, K R ^a   Cullen, E ^b   Kirk, W ^b   Smallwood, J R ^a,b   Latkiewicz, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Amerada Hess Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052537943     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0051243     Document Type: Conference Paper

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