Mesozoic tectonic events in the North Atlantic and Arctic: Stratigraphic response in an adjacent rift-flank basin (Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada)

Polarforschung

Volumn 69, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 73-83

  Scott, Robert A ^a   Turton, Mary A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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