Energy resources of the northern Gulf of Mexico basin

Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Volume III, Geology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 229-245

  Huffman Jr , A Curtis ^a   Warwick, Peter D ^b   Finch, Warren I ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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