The Lofoten contourite drift off Norway

Marine Geology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Laberg, J S ^a   Vorren, T O ^a   Knutsen, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contourite; Neogene; Norwegian Greenland Sea

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CONTOURITE; DRIFT (GLACIAL DEPOSIT); NEOGENE; SEDIMENTATION;

NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0032813167     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00198-4     Document Type: Article

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