Palaeocene uplift and subsidence events in the Scotland-Shetland and North Sea region and their relationship to the Iceland Plume

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 381-386

  Mudge, David C ^a   Jones, Stephen M ^b  

^a David Mudge Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Mantle plumes; North Sea; Palaeocene; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MANTLE PLUME; PALEOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142768840     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-038     Document Type: Article

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