The Jurassic of Kuhn Ø, North-East Greenland

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 865-892

  Alsgaard, Per C ^a   Felt, Vince L ^a   Vosgerau, Henrik ^b   Surlyk, Finn ^c  

^a Amoco Norway Oil Co   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Kuhn ; Lithostratigraphy; Middle Upper Jurassic; North East Greenland; Petrography; Sedimentology; Source rocks

Indexed keywords

GRABEN; JURASSIC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 1842635126     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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