Palaeogene evolution of the Ymir and Wyville Thomson ridges, European North Atlantic margin

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 306, Issue , 2008, Pages 153-168

  Ziska, H ^a   Varming, T ^a  

^a JaroDfeingi Brekkutún 1   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; PALEOGENE; RIFTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL; WYVILLE THOMSON RIDGE;

EID: 72049116308     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP306.7     Document Type: Article

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