The type section of the Vikinghogda formation: A new lower triassic unit in central and eastern Svalbard

Polar Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-82

  Mørk, Atle ^a   Elvebakk, Geir ^b   Forsberg, Arne W ^c   Hounslow, Mark W ^d   Nakrem, Hans Arne ^e   Vigran, Jorunn Os ^f   Weitschat, Wolfgang ^g  

^a SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Saga Petroleum ASA   (Norway)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f University of Hamburg ^*  (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUDSTONE; SHALE; TRIASSIC; TYPE SECTION;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

AMMONITES; AMMONOIDEA; SMITHIA;

EID: 0032712469     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1999.tb00277.x     Document Type: Article

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