Discussion on the North Sea Silverpit Crater: Impact structure or pull-apart basin?

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 217-220

  Thomson, Ken ^a   Owen, Peter ^b   Smith, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b British Geological Survey ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PULL APART BASIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SILVERPIT STRUCTURE; WORLD;

EID: 13344268968     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-070     Document Type: Article

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