Transient convective uplift of an ancient buried landscape

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 562-565

  Hartley, Ross A ^a   Roberts, Gareth G ^a   White, Nicky ^a   Richardson, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DRAINAGE NETWORK; HYPSITHERMAL; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79961086798     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1191     Document Type: Article

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