Fluid flow structures and processes; indications from the North Norwegian continental margin

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 57-64

  Plassen, Liv ^a   Knies, Jochen ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ECHO SOUNDER; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLUID FLOW; LINEAMENT; NORMAL FAULT; PETROGENESIS; POCKMARK; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SALT DOME; SEAFLOOR MAPPING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70349615467     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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