Late Cenozoic geological development of the south Vøring margin, mid-Norway

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1789-1803

  Rise, L ^a   Chand, S ^a   Hjelstuen, B O ^b   Haflidason, H ^b   Boe R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Continental slope; Naust Formation; Norwegian Sea; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Submarine slide; V ring Plateau

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; NAUST FORMATION; NORWEGIAN SEA; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SUBMARINE SLIDE;

ARCHES; DEBRIS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF BREAK; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA; VORING MARGIN; VORING PLATEAU;

EID: 77957874827     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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