A new tectonic model for the Laurentia-Avalonia-Baltica sutures in the North Sea: A case study along MONA LISA profile 3

Tectonophysics

Volumn 429, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 201-227

  Lyngsie, S B ^a   Thybo, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lineaments; Potential field modelling; Rifting; Suture zones; Tectonic structures

Indexed keywords

AVALONIA; BALTICA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LAURENTIA; LINEAMENT; POTENTIAL FIELD; RIFTING; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 33845473063     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.09.017     Document Type: Article

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