Petroleum systems of the Atlantic margin of northwest Europe

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue 0, 1999, Pages 231-246

  Spencer, A M ^a   Birkeland, O ^a   Knag, G O ^a   Fredsted, R ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

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EID: 80052546453     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0050231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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