Cenozoic evolution of the northern Vøring margin

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1792-1807

  Hjelstuen, Berit Oline ^a,b   Eldholm, Olav ^a   Skogseid, Jakob ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AS Geoconsult   (Norway)

^c Saga Petroleum ASA   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; EROSION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY;

EROSION AND DEPOSITION; EROSION POTENTIALS; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE RAFTED DETRITUS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GLACIATIONS; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY INVERSION;

SEDIMENTS;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GLACIATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

NORWEGIAN SEA; VORING MARGIN;

EID: 0033502048     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<1792:ceotnv>2.3.co;2     Document Type: Article

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