Controls on the structure and evolution of the NE Atlantic margin revealed by regional potential field imaging and 3D modelling

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 933-945

  Kimbell, G S ^a   Ritchie, J D ^a   Johnson, H ^a   Gatliff, R W ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Gravity anomalies; Magnetic anomalies; Northeast Atlantic; Oceanic crust; Passive margins; Sedimentary basins; Three dimensional models

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052539341     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0060933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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