A preliminary Mesozoic and Cenozoic denudation history of the North East Greenland onshore margin

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 261-274

  Johnson, Christopher ^a,b   Gallagher, Kerry ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge Arctic Shelf Prog (CASP)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Mesozoic; North East Greenland

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CENOZOIC; DENUDATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; MESOZOIC;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0034048229     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(00)00012-6     Document Type: Article

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