New insight into the structure of the Nuussuaq Basin, central West Greenland

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-211

  Chalmers, J A ^a   Pulvertaft, T C R ^a   Marcussen, C ^a   Pedersen, A K ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mesozoic Palaeogene; Rift basin; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BOREHOLES; GRAVITATIONAL PROSPECTING; MAGNETIC PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULT SYSTEM;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BASIN ANALYSIS; FAULTING; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; RIFT ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GREENLAND; NUUSSUAQ BASIN;

EID: 0033136449     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(98)00077-4     Document Type: Article

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