Neotectonic faulting and the Late Weichselian shoreline gradients in SW Norway

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 3-5, 2007, Pages 96-128

  Helle, Stein Kjetil ^a   Rye, Noralf ^a   Stabell, Bjørg ^b   Prösch Danielsen, Lisbeth ^c   Hoel, Christer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Museum of Archaeology   (Norway)

^d M I SWACO   (United States)

Author keywords

Isolation basins; Isostasy; Neotectonic faulting; Shoreline gradients; SW Norway; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; GLACIOEUSTACY; ICE SHEET; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NEOTECTONICS; RECONSTRUCTION; SHORELINE; TILT; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34548337255     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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