A forced regressive shelf-margin wedge formed by transition-slope progradation: Lowermost Cretaceous Rauk Plateau Member, Jameson Land, East Greenland

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 227-243

  Surlyk, Finn ^a   Noe Nygaard, Nanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; East Greenland; Forced regression; Late Volgian; Rauk Plateau Member; Raukelv Formation; Shelf margin wedge; Transition slope

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645404573     PISSN: 00116297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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