Elevated erosion surfaces in central West Greenland and southern Norway: Their significance in integrated studies of passive margin development

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 197-206

  Bonow, Johan M ^a   Lidmar Bergström, Karna ^b   Japsen, Peter ^a   Chalmers, James A ^a   Green, Paul F ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA SET; EROSION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; OUTCROP; PASSIVE MARGIN; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 51849137078     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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