Cretaceous revisited: Exploring the syn-rift play of the Faroe-Shetland Basin

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 953-962

  Larsen, M ^a   Rasmussen, T ^a   Hjelm, L ^a  

^a DONG Energy AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Extensional faulting; Faroe Shetland Basin; NE Greenland; Petroleum geology; Relay ramp; Sediments; Syn rift

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052546380     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0070953     Document Type: Conference Paper

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