Palynostratigraphy and palaeoenvironment of the Middle Jurassic Sortehat Formation (Neill Klinter Group), Jameson Land, East Greenland

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 777-811

  Koppelhus, Eva B ^a   Hansen, Carina F ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aalenian ?Early Bajocian; Allochthonous Botryococcus assemblage; East Greenland; Jameson Land Basin; Middle Jurassic; Palaeoenvironment; Palynostratigraphy; Sedimentology; Transgressive highstand mudstones

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; JURASSIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; JAMESON LAND;

EID: 1842635129     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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