NE Atlantic continental rifting and volcanic margin formation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 167, Issue , 2000, Pages 295-326

  Skogseid, Jakob ^a,c   Planke, Sverre ^a   Faleide, Jan Inge ^a   Pedersen, Tom ^b   Eldholm, Olav ^a   Neverdal, Flemming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Saga Petroleum ASA   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; RIFTING; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034079277     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.167.01.12     Document Type: Article

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