The Cenozoic fill of the North Sea Basin (UK sector 56-62° N), a seismic stratigraphic study with emphasis on Paleogene massflow deposits

Geologie en Mijnbouw

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 317-340

  Veeken, Paul C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Basin evolution; Depositional sequence; Lithofacies; Seismic facies; Submarine fan; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

BASIN DEVELOPMENT; BASIN EVOLUTION; CAINOZOIC; CLASTICS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHOFACIES; MASSFLOW DEPOSITS; SEISMIC FACIES; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030377968     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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