Pleistocene tunnel valleys in the German North Sea: Spatial distribution and morphology;Pleistozäne rinnen in der deutschen Nordsee: Verbreitung und morphologie

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-235

  Lutz, Rüdiger ^a   Kalka, Sebastian ^a,b,c   Gaedicke, Christoph ^a   Reinhardt, Lutz ^a   Winsemann, Jutta ^c  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

3D seismic; North sea; Subglacial; Tunnel valley

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952290202     PISSN: 18601804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1860-1804/2009/0160-0225     Document Type: Article

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