The Jurassic of Denmark and Greenland: Key elements in the reconstruction of the North Atlantic Jurassic rift system

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-20

  Surlyk, Finn ^a   Ineson, Jon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Correlation; Denmark; Greenland; Jurassic; Parallel evolution

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; JURASSIC; RIFT ZONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 1842627862     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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