Sand remobilisation and intrusion in the Upper Jurassic Hareelv Formation of East Greenland

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-188

  Surlyk, Finn ^a   Noe Nygaard, Nanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

East Greenland; Hareelv formation; Intrusion and injection; Sandstone dykes and sills; Sediment remobilisation; Upper jurassic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346880509     PISSN: 00116297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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