The geology of the UK Hatton-Rockall margin

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 993-1012

  Hitchen, Ken ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basement; Cenozoic; Hatton; Mesozoic; Rockall; Structure; Volcanics

Indexed keywords

GEORGE BLIGH BANK; ROCKWALL PLATEAU;

DATA REDUCTION; DRILLING; EROSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SANDSTONE;

GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTOURITE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAN DELTA; MESOZOIC; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; ROCKALL TROUGH; WORLD;

EID: 11144298579     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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