Late Quaternary stratigraphy and palaeoceanographic change in the northern Rockall Trough, North Atlantic Ocean

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 129, Issue , 1998, Pages 269-286

  Howe, J A ^a,b,c   Harland, R ^d,e   Hine, N M ^d   Austin, W E N ^f  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e DinoData Services   (United Kingdom)

^f DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEGLACIATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ROCKALL TROUGH;

EID: 0032454186     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.129.01.17     Document Type: Article

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