The southern margin of the Rockall Plateau: Stratigraphy, Tertiary volcanism and plate tectonic evolution

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 601-612

  Bull, Jonathan M ^a   Masson, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

North Atlantic; Rockall Plateau; Seismic stratigraphy; Tertiary; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; TERTIARY SEDIMENTS; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC, ROCKALL PLATEAU, EDORAS BANK;

EID: 0029777725     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.4.0601     Document Type: Article

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