Mid- to late Cenozoic sedimentation on the continental margin off NW Britain

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 509-515

  Stoker, M S ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom currents; Cenozoic; Intra plate processes; Rockall Trough; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; BOTTOM CURRENTS; CAINOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC, HATTON-ROCKALL BASIN; ATLANTIC, ROCKALL TROUGH;

EID: 0030748418     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.3.0509     Document Type: Article

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