Postglacial seismicity offshore mid-Norway with emphasis on spatio-temporal-magnitudal variations

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 137-148

  Bungum, Hilmar ^a,b   Lindholm, Conrad ^a   Faleide, J I ^b  

^a NORSAR   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MID NORWAY; OFFSHORES; POSTGLACIAL SEISMICITY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL;

EID: 84903036031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.10.007     Document Type: Chapter

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