The Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary at Stevns Klint, Denmark: Inversion tectonics or sea-floor topography?

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-352

  Lykke Andersen, Holger ^a   Surlyk, Finn ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chalk Group; Cretaceous; Paleogene; Stevns Klint; Stratigraphie boundary

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CRETACEOUS; PALEOGENE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STEVNS KLINT; STORSTROM;

EID: 2142695805     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-021     Document Type: Article

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