Evolution of the Triassic shelf in the northern Barents Sea region

Polar Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 318-338

  Riis, Fridtjof ^a,d   Lundschien, Bjørn A ^a   Høy, Tore ^a   Mørk, Atle ^b,c   Mørk, Mai Britt E ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^b SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Palaeogeography; Paralic; Shelf sediment; Svalbard; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EVOLUTION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SHELF SEDIMENT; TRIASSIC;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 56849098330     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00086.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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