Seismic stratigraphy of the West Shetland Drift: Implications for late Neogene paleocirculation in the Faeroe-Shetland gateway

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Knutz, Paul C ^a,b   Cartwright, Joseph ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

contourite drifts; Faeroe Shetland Channel; Neogene paleocirculation

Indexed keywords

NEOGENE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 1642369057     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002PA000786     Document Type: Article

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