Principal tectonic events in the evolution of the northwest European Atlantic margin

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue 0, 1999, Pages 41-61

  Dore, A G ^a   Lundin, E R ^a   Jensen, L N ^a   Birkeland, O ^a   Eliassen, P E ^a   Fichler, C ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.1144/0050041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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