Age of the youngest Paleogene flood basalts in East Greenland

Newsletters on Stratigraphy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-63

  Heilmann Clausen, Claus ^a   Abrahamsen, Niels ^a   Larsen, Michael ^b,c   Piasecki, Stefan ^b   Stemmerik, Lars ^b,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c DONG Energy AS   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate cysts; Eocene; Flood basalts; Greenland; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LAVA; LUTETIAN; MELTING; PALEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 50449087613     PISSN: 00780421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0078-0421/2008/0043-0055     Document Type: Article

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