The Sigmundur complex, a ?Tertiary igneous centre in the northern Rockall Trough

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-103

  Ritchie, J D ^a,c   Hitchen, K ^a,c   Edwards, J W F ^b,c  

^a Petroleum and Marine Geology Group   (United Kingdom)

^b Regional Geophysics Group   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNEONS INTENSIONS; SIGMUNDUR COMPLEX; TERTIARY OCEAN FLOOR;

ATLANTIC, ROCKALL TROUGH;

EID: 0031399830     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg33020097     Document Type: Article

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