Towards ground truthing exploration in the central Arctic Ocean: A Cenozoic compaction history from the Lomonosov Ridge

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-235

  O'Regan, M ^a   Moran, K ^b   Baxter, C D P ^b   Cartwright, J ^c   Vogt, C ^d   Kolling M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEAN BASIN; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHEAR STRENGTH;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE;

EID: 77950125015     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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