Sequence stratigraphy of the Jurassic of the Danish Central Graben

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 265-300

  Andsbjerg, Jan ^a   Dybkjær, Karen ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Basin evolution; Danish Central Graben; Jurassic; Paleogeography; Sea level changes; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DANISH CENTRAL TROUGH; NORTH SEA;

EID: 1842736012     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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