Evidence for a major sediment input point into the Faroe-Shetland Basin from the Kangerlussuaq region of southern East Greenland

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 913-922

  Larsen, M ^a   Whitham, A G ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

East Greenland; Faroe Shetland Basin; Palaeogene; Petroleum geology; Sedimentary systems; Transfer zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052524892     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0060913     Document Type: Conference Paper

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