Clinoform migration patterns of a Late Miocene delta complex in the Danish Central Graben; implications for relative sea-level changes

Basin Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 704-720

  Moller L K ^a   Rasmussen, E S ^b   Clausen, O R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA; DEPOSITION; GRABEN; GRAIN SIZE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MIOCENE; PROGRADATION; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC DATA; SYSTEMS TRACT;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70349538889     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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