Sedimentological responses to basin initiation in the Devonian of East Greenland

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 407-419

  Marshall, J E A ^a   Stephenson, B J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge Arctic Shelf Programme   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN DEVELOPMENT; DEVONIAN; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; FLOODING EVENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LAKE DEPOSIT;

GREENLAND, ELLA O ISLAND;

EID: 0030728397     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1997.d01-29.x     Document Type: Article

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