A record of Eocene (Stronsay Group) sedimentation in BGS borehole 99/3, offshore NW Britain: Implications for early post-break-up development of the Faroe-Shetland Basin

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-148

  Stoker, M S ^a   Leslie, A B ^a   Smith, K ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; BASIN EVOLUTION; BOREHOLE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DEFORMATION; EOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE BASIN; SHETLAND BASIN;

BARTONIA;

EID: 84888041856     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg2013-001     Document Type: Article

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