Late Pliocene Greenland - The Kap København Formation in North Greenland

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-134

  Svend, Funder ^a   Ole, Bennike ^b   Tens, Böcher ^a   Carsten, Israelson ^c   Kaj, Strand Petersen ^b   Símonarson, Leifur A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c Statens Institut for Strålehygiejne   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Greenland; Palaeoenvironments; Pliocene; Praetiglian; Sea level change; Tiglian

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951907335     PISSN: 00116297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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