Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Bryne and Lulu Formations, Middle Jurassic, northern Danish Central Graben

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 301-347

  Andsbjerg, Jan ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alluvial coastall plain Shallow marine; Bryne Formation; Danish Central Graben; Lulu Formation; Middle Jurassic; Sediment partitioning; Sedimentology; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

GRABEN; JURASSIC; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DANISH CENTRAL TROUGH; NORTH SEA;

EID: 1842627810     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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