Eocene post-rift tectonostratigraphy of the Rockall Plateau, Atlantic margin of NW Britain: Linking early spreading tectonics and passive margin response

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-125

  Stoker, Martyn S ^a   Kimbell, Geoffrey S ^a   McInroy, David B ^a   Morton, Andrew C ^b,c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Giddanmu   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early ocean basin spreading; Eocene post rift tectonostratigraphy; NE Atlantic; Passive margin tectonics; Rockall plateau

Indexed keywords

BRITAIN; BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EURASIA; EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; GREENLAND; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICELAND BASIN; LATE EOCENE; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MARGIN TECTONICS; OCEAN BASINS; PILLOW LAVAS; REORGANISATION; ROCKALL PLATEAU; SEDIMENT WEDGE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL PERTURBATIONS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEFORMATION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

BOREHOLE; EOCENE; FAN DELTA; LAVA; OCEAN BASIN; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFT ZONE; SPREADING CENTER; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

ROCKALL; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN ISLES;

EID: 83955162881     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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