The Tertiary of Norden

Episodes

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-72

  Rasmussen, Erik S ^a   Heilmann Clausen, Claus ^b   Waagstein, Regin ^a   Eidvin, Tor ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EOCENE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BALTIC SHIELD; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 44649165733     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2008/v31i1/010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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