The glacial North Sea Fan, southern Norwegian Margin: Architecture and evolution from the upper continental slope to the deep-sea basin

Ormen Lange - An Integrated Study for Safe Field Development in the Storegga Submarine Area

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 71-84

  Nygård, Atle ^a   Sejrup, Hans Petter ^a   Haflidason, Haflidi ^a   Bryn, Petter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP SEA BASINS; NORTH SEA; NORWEGIAN MARGIN;

EID: 84903016416     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.12.001     Document Type: Chapter

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