Contourite drifts, moats and channels in the Upper Cretaceous chalk of the Danish Basin

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 405-422

  Surlyk, Finn ^a   Lykke Andersen, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bottom currents; Contourites; Danish Basin; Drift; Late Cretaceous; Moat

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; CHALK; CHANNEL; CONTOURITE; CRETACEOUS; CURRENT VELOCITY; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; MAASTRICHTIAN; SEAFLOOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; KATTEGAT; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ALGAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33947282184     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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