The thermal impact of Paleocene magmatic underplating in the Faeroe-Shetland-Rockall region

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue 0, 1999, Pages 585-593

  Clift, P D ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 80052541907     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0050585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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