Carboniferous Hydrocarbon Geology: The Southern North Sea and Surrounding Onshore Areas brings together a series of 14 review papers important to the Carboniferous hydrocarbon geology of the Southern North Sea and adjacent onshore areas. Together they comprise a significant summary of the current state of knowledge of the area, and provide a wide-ranging overview of the Southern North Sea Carboniferous for those whose main experience is with the onshore successions.