Rates of volcanic deposition, facies changes and movements in a dynamic basin: The Nuussuaq Basin, West Greenland, around the C27n-C26r transition

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 197, Issue , 2002, Pages 157-181

  Pedersen, Asger K ^a,c   Larsen, Lotte M ^b,c   Riisager, Peter ^c   Dueholm, Keld S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 72049119861     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.197.01.07     Document Type: Article

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