Interaction between bottom currents and slope failure in the Late Cretaceous of the southern Danish Central Graben, North Sea

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-72

  Esmerode, E V ^a   Lykke Andersen, H ^b   Surlyk, F ^c  

^a DONG Energy AS   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BOTTOM CURRENT; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; INLAND SEA; MASS TRANSPORT; MORPHOLOGY; REDEPOSITION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SLOPE FAILURE; UNCONFORMITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DANISH CENTRAL TROUGH; NORTH SEA;

EID: 38949202995     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-138     Document Type: Article

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