Trans-Atlantic correlation of the Palaeogene volcanic successions in the Faeroe Islands and East Greenland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1081-1095

  Larsen, Lotte M ^a,b   Waagstein, Regin ^b   Pedersen, Asger K ^a,c   Storey, Michael ^a  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Basalt; East Greenland; Faeroe Islands; Palaeogene; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

BASALT; TERTIARY; VOLCANISM;

FAROE ISLANDS; GREENLAND;

EID: 0033369231     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.6.1081     Document Type: Article

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