Cenozoic erosion and the preglacial uplift of the Svalbard-Barents Sea region

Tectonophysics

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 311-327

  Dimakis, Panagiotis ^a,d   Braathen, Bjørn Inge ^b   Faleide, Jan Inge ^a   Elverhøi, Anders ^a   Gudlaugsson, Steinar T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^d NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Erosion; Glacial; Isostatic; Svalbard; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; EROSION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

BARENTS SEA; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0032585441     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00245-5     Document Type: Article

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