The fluviatile Bristol Elv Formation, a new Middle Jurassic lithostratigraphic unit from Traill Ø, North-East Greenland

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 5, 2004, Pages 19-29

  Therkelsen, Jens ^a,b   Surlyk, Finn ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b Skude and Jacobsen Consulting Engineers A S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fluvial; Lacustrine; Middle Jurassic sediments; New formation; North East Greenland

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; JURASSIC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; TRAILL ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 13644259064     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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