Ridge and valley systems in the Upper Cretaceous chalk of the Danish basin: Contourites in an epeiric sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 276, Issue , 2007, Pages 265-282

  Esmerode, Estela V ^a   Lykke Andersen, H ^b   Surlyk, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALK; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTOURITE; CORIOLIS FORCE; CRETACEOUS; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC CURRENT; RELIEF; SEDIMENT WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRANSGRESSION; VALLEY;

BENELUX; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIMBURG [NETHERLANDS]; MAASTRICHT; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; RINGKOBING; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248656724     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.276.01.13     Document Type: Article

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