Early tertiary plume uplift of the North Sea and Faeroe-Shetland Basins

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 109-127

  Nadin, P A ^a   Kusznir, N J ^a   Cheadle, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mantle plumes; Models; North Sea; Tertiary; Uplifts

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; TERTIARY; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC, FAEROE-SHETLAND BASIN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030851852     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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