The glaciogenic unconformity of the southern North Sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-110

  Moreau, J ^a   Huuse, M ^a,b   Janszen, A ^c   Vegt, Van Der ^d   Gibbard, P L ^d   Moscariello, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; COASTAL ZONE; INLAND SEA; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC DATA; TUNNEL; UNCONFORMITY; VALLEY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871541752     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP368.5     Document Type: Article

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