Regional Neogene exhumation of Britain and the western North Sea

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-247

  Japsen, Peter ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Great Britain; Neogene; North Sea; Palaeogene; Uplifts

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; TERTIARY; UPLIFT;

UK, NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030744098     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.2.0239     Document Type: Article

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