Subsidence of the Vøring Basin and the influence of the Atlantic continental margin

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 551-557

  Roberts, Alan M ^a   Lundin, Erik R ^b   Kusznir, Nick J ^c  

^a Badley Earth Sciences Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Models; Norway; Palaeocene; Rifting

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; PALAEOCENE; RIFTING; SUBSIDENCE;

NORWEGIAN SEA, VORING BASIN;

EID: 0030832036     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.3.0551     Document Type: Article

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