Sedimentary and structural evidence of a new early Campanian rift phase in the Nuussuaq Basin, West Greenland

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-154

  Dam, Gregers ^a   Nøhr Hansen, Henrik ^a   Pedersen, Gunver Krarup ^b   Sønderholm, Martin ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aaffarsuaq member; Ammonite stratigraphy; Atane Formation; Itilli formation; Late Santonian early Campanian; Nuussuaq Basin; Palynostratigraphy; Rifting; Sedimentology; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GREENLAND; NUUSSUAQ BASIN;

ALBIA; AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 0034054403     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.2000.0202     Document Type: Article

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