The Devonian basin in East Greenland- Review of basin evolution and vertebrate assemblages

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 202, Issue , 2008, Pages 273-292

  Larsen, Poul Henrik ^a   Olsen, Henrik ^b   Clack, Jennifer A ^c  

^a MAERSK OIL   (Denmark)

^b COWI AS ^*  (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Devonian; Greenland; Sedimentology; Structural geology; Vertebrate paleontology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DEPOSITION; FAULTING; MILITARY OPERATIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CALEDONIDES; DEPOSITIONAL EPISODES; DEVONIANS; EXTENSIONAL COLLAPSE; GREENLAND; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; SHEAR DISPLACEMENT; VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY;

CATCHMENTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BASIN EVOLUTION; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEVONIAN; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY; VERTEBRATE;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

ICHTHYOSTEGA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77949985104     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.1202(11)     Document Type: Article

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