Source-to-sink systems on passive margins: Theory and practice with an example from the Norwegian continental margin

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 913-920

  Martinsen, O J ^a   Somme T O ^b   Thurmond, J B ^a   Helland Hansen, W ^b   Lunt, I ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Norwegian margin; Passive margins; Source to sink

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052548723     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0070913     Document Type: Conference Paper

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