Shelf-edge delta and slope deposition in the Upper Callovian - Middle Oxfordian Olympen Formation, East Greenland

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 931-948

  Larsen, Michael ^a   Surlyk, Finn ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

East Greenland; Jameson Land Basin; Lithostratigraphy; Massive sandstones; Middle Upper Jurassic; Sea level curve; Sediment gravity flow; Sedimentology; Sequence stratigraphy; Shelf edge delta; Slope gullies

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; JURASSIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF BREAK; SHELF SEDIMENT; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 1542767823     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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