Type section of the Bravaisberget Formation (Middle Triassic) at Bravaisberget, western Nathorst Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-122

  Krajewski, Krzysztof P ^a   Karcz, Przemysław ^a   Woźny, Ewa ^a   Mørk, Atle ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bravaisberget Formation; Facies; Lithostratigraphy; Middle Triassic; Phosphogenesis; Spitsbergen; Stratotype

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PHOSPHOGENESIS; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION; TRIASSIC;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 34447276952     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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