Constraints on volcanism, igneous intrusion and stretching on the Rockall-Faroe continental margin

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 831-842

  White, R S ^a   Eccles, J D ^b   Roberts, A W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal structure.; Igneous intrusion; North Atlantic; Rifted continental margin; Subsidence; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052550742     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0070831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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