Tertiary structure of the Sørkapp-Hornsund Region, South Spitsbergen, and implications for the offshore southern extension of the fold-thrust Belt

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-60

  Bergh, Steffen G ^a   Grogan, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Geo Gruppen   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVATION; SEISMIC DATA; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; TRANSTENSION; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33748685988     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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