Seismic stratigraphy and sedimentary processes at the Norwegian Sea margin northeast of the Faeroe Islands

Marine Geology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 141-157

  Nielsen, T ^a   Van Weering, T C E ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Faeroe Islands; Norwegian Sea; Sedimentation; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0032211509     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00068-1     Document Type: Article

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