An integrated study of Permo-Triassic basins along the North Atlantic passive margin: Implication for future exploration

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 921-936

  Redfern, J ^a   Shannon, P M ^b   Williams, B P J ^b   Tyrrell, S ^b   Leleu, S ^c   Fabuel Perez, I ^a   Baudon, C ^a   Stolfova K ^b   Hodgetts, D ^a   Van Lanen, X ^a   Speksnijder, A ^d   Haughton, P D W ^b   Daly, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlas; Continental red beds; Fundy; Morocco; Permian Triassic Atlantic Borderland basins; Provenance; Rifting

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052548931     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0070921     Document Type: Conference Paper

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