Permo-Triassic development from Ireland to Norway: Basin architecture and regional controls

Geological Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 652-676

  Štolfová, Kateřina ^a   Shannon, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Basin geometries; Inherited crustal structures; Narrow rifts; Permo Triassic; Rifting style; Wide rifts

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULTING; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; RIFTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71749117710     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1187     Document Type: Article

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