The Jurassic petroleum system of the West of Britain Atlantic margin - An integration of tectonics, geochemistry and basin modelling

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue 0, 1999, Pages 1351-1365

  Holmes, A J ^a   Griffith, C E ^a   Scotchman, I C ^b  

^a Mobil North Sea Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

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EID: 80052545067     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0051351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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