Sub-basalt hydrocarbon prospectivity in the Rockall, Faroe-Shetland and Møre basins, NE Atlantic

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 1025-1032

  Davison, I ^a   Stasiuk, S ^b   Nuttall, P ^c   Keane, P ^c  

^a GEO International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b International Geoscience Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c ION GXT BasinSPAN Programs   (United States)

Author keywords

NE Atlantic margin; Sub basalt imaging; Sub basalt prospecting

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052545831     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0071025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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