Potential Eocene and Oligocene stratigraphic traps of the Rockall Plateau, NE Atlantic Margin

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 254, Issue , 2006, Pages 247-266

  McInroy, D B ^a   Hitchen, K ^a   Stoker, M S ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; OLIGOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ROCKALL TROUGH;

EID: 33646551484     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.254.01.13     Document Type: Article

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