Quaternary sedimentation and Norwegian Sea overflow pathways around Bill Bailey Bank, northeastern Atlantic

Marine Geology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 101-127

  Kuijpers, A ^a   Andersen, M S ^a   Kenyon, N H ^b   Kunzendorf, H ^c   Van Weering, T C E ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contourites; Northeast Atlantic; Norwegian Sea overflow; Quaternary sedimentation

Indexed keywords

PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032212658     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00066-8     Document Type: Article

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