Estimates of the eroded overburden and the Permian-Quaternay subsidence history of the area west of Orkney

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-182

  Evans, D J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTARY BASINS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

NORTH SEA, WEST ORKNEY BASIN;

EID: 0031402549     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg33020169     Document Type: Review

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