Constraining Cenozoic exhumation in the Faroe-Shetland region using sonic transit time data

Basin Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-72

  Tassone, D R ^a   Holford, S P ^a   Stoker, M S ^b   Green, P ^c   Johnson, H ^b   Underhill, J R ^d   Hillis, R R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Unit 14   (Australia)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Deep Exploration Technologies CRC   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXHUMATION; HEATING; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MAGMATISM; PLATE BOUNDARY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); FAROE ISLANDS; MORE BASIN; NORTH RONA; NORWEGIAN SEA; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN ISLES;

EID: 84892499831     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12052     Document Type: Article

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