A half-graben of inferred late palaeozoic age in outer varangerfjorden, finnmark: Evidence from seismic reflection profiles and multibeam bathymetry

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-202

  Roberts, David ^a   Chand, Shyam ^a   Rise, Leif ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BASIN; BATHYMETRY; DEPOSITION; ESCARPMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FOLDING; GRABEN; HANGING WALL; INFILL; PALEOZOIC; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC REFLECTION; UNCONFORMITY;

FINNMARK; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; RYBACHI PENINSULA; VARANGER PENINSULA; VARANGERFJORDEN;

EID: 84857174263     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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