Structure and stratigraphy of the Early Tertiary basalts of the Blosseville Kyst, East Greenland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 565-570

  Pedersen, A K ^a,d   Watt, M ^b   Watt, W S ^c,d   Larsen, L M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Bornholms Museum   (Denmark)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Basalts; Continental margin; Greenland; Photogrammetry; Rifting

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RIFTING; TERTIARY; VOLCANISM;

GREENLAND, BLOSSEVILLE KYST;

EID: 0030761322     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.3.0565     Document Type: Article

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