The Llandovery-lowermost Wenlock sequence in the Baltic Sea between Saaremaa and Gotland; subdivision, thicknesses and correlation, based on marine seismic studies

Marine Geology

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 55-70

  Tuuling, Igor ^a   Flodén, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Silurian Basin; Estonia; Gotland; Llandovery; seismic correlation; Silurian Klint

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SILURIAN BASIN; ESTONIA; GOTLAND; LLANDOVERY; SEISMIC CORRELATION; SILURIAN KLINT;

EROSION; LITHOLOGY; REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SUBMARINES;

SEISMOLOGY;

EROSION RATE; FACIES; LITHOLOGY; MARL; ORDOVICIAN; RESOLUTION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF BREAK; SILURIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GOTLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SAAREMAA; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 70350568760     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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