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A surface geochemical exploration survey has been carried out on 250 (near)-surface sediments which were collected in Quadrants 34 and 35 on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. This paper reports the results of the occluded and adsorbed gas analyses and the relationship between the gas data and several sediment parameters.
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Emmel, R.H., Bjorøy, M., van Grass, G. (1985). Geochemical exploration on the Norwegian Continental Shelf by analysis of shallow cores. In: Thomas, B.M. (eds) Petroleum Geochemistry in Exploration of the Norwegian Shelf. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4199-1_20
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