Timing, controls and consequences of compression in the Rockall-Faroe area of the NE Atlantic Margin

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 963-977

  Tuitt, A ^a,b   Underhill, J R ^a   Ritchie, J D ^b   Johnson, H ^b   Hitchen, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom water currents; Cenozoic; Compression; Inversion; NE Atlantic continental margin; Sedimentary basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052549518     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0070963     Document Type: Conference Paper

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