Late Quaternary stratigraphy and morphogenesis in the Danish eastern North Sea and its relation to onshore geology

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-128

  Larsen, Bil ^a   Andersen, L T ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coastal development; Denmark; Eemian; Glaciotectonics; Holocene; North Sea; Saalian; Spit systems; Weichselian

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGENESIS; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23744510294     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600023003     Document Type: Review

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