Tectonic and sedimentary structures in the northern Chukchi region, Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3285-3296

  Hegewald, Anne ^a   Jokat, Wilfried ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chukchi Abyssal Plain; multi channel seismic data; northern Chukchi region; southern Mendeleev Ridge; Top Oligocene unconformity

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI; FRAM STRAIT; MENDELEYEV RIDGE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84882745808     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50282     Document Type: Article

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