Structural evolution of the Vøring Basin, Norway, during the Late Cretaceous and Palaeogene

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 559-563

  Bjornseth H M ^a   Grant, S M ^a   Hansen, E K ^a   Hossack, J R ^a   Roberts, D G ^a   Thompson, M ^a  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Norwegian Sea; Passive margins; Structural geology; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; PALAEOGENE; RIFTING; SEA FLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

NORWEGIAN SEA, VORING BASIN;

EID: 0030868964     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.3.0559     Document Type: Article

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