Cenozoic stratigraphy and evolution of the Sørvestsnaget Basin, southwestern Barents Sea

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-130

  Ryseth, Alf ^a   Augustson, Jan Harald ^a   Charnock, Mike ^a   Haugerud, Ole ^a   Knutsen, Stig Morten ^a   Midbøe, Peter S ^a   Opsal, Jan Gunnar ^a   Sundsbø, Gyrd ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b Norsk Hydro International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; DEEP SEA; DEPOCENTER; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE FAN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; LOFOTEN BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA; SORVESTSNAGET BASIN;

EID: 4344596866     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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