Lithological description of subcropping Lower and Middle Triassic rocks from the Svalis Dome, Barents Sea

Polar Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-104

  Mørk, Atle ^a   Elvebakk, Geir ^a,b  

^a SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Saga Petroleum ASA   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAPIR; LITHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SALT DOME; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; TRIASSIC;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; SVALIS DOME;

SMITHIA;

EID: 0032714572     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1999.tb00278.x     Document Type: Article

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