On sediment deposition and nature of the plate boundary at the junction between the submarine Lomonosov Ridge, Arctic Ocean and the continental margin of Arctic Canada/North Greenland

Marine Geology

Volumn 225, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 265-278

  Kristoffersen, Yngve ^a   Mikkelsen, Naja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Lomonosov Ridge; Sediment drift; Seismic reflection; Sheared margin

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE; SEDIMENT DRIFT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHEARED MARGIN;

DEPOSITION; EARTHQUAKES; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITION; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE;

EID: 29644441716     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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