Uplift, compression and the Cenozoic Faroe-Shetland sediment budget

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 306, Issue , 2008, Pages 137-152

  Smallwood, John R ^a  

^a Hess Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COMPRESSION; MANTLE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; UNDERPLATING; UPLIFT;

FAROE ISLANDS; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 72049114724     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP306.6     Document Type: Article

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