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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Research funding to Dr R.W. Dalrymple was
granted by Statoil ASA under the regional
palaeoenvironmental Lower Jurassic upper Åre
and Tilje project. The owners of the Statoil
operated Heidrun and Åsgard Units-Statoil ASA,
ConocoPhillips Scandinavia, Petoro, Eni Norge
AS, Total E&P Norge and ExxonMobil are
acknowledged for permissions to undertake sam-
pling of relevant Tilje core material. Special
thanks are extended to Allard Martinius for initi-
ating this project, technical support and discus-
sions during its execution. We thank Arve Næss
and Morten Krogh for providing access to core
material, well-log data and relevant Statoil ASA
internal reports and Bjørn Terje Oftedal for discus-
sions and core review during Tilje Formation
Workshops in 2007 and 2009. We thank the
Statoil-Heidrun operational unit for providing
information and technical support.

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