Mass transport complex: Musing on past uses and suggestions for future directions

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2012-2021

  Weimer, Paul ^a   Shipp, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b E and P Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

BASAL SURFACE; GEOSCIENCES; GEOTECHNICAL; PROPRIETARY INFORMATION; PUBLIC FORUMS; SEISMIC SURVEYS; SIZE AND SHAPE; UPPER SURFACE;

OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84896935617     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/16752-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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