Oligocene to Lower Pliocene deposits of the Norwegian continental shelf, Norwegian Sea, Svalbard, Denmark and their relation to the uplift of Fennoscandia: A synthesis

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 184-221

  Eidvin, Tor ^a   Riis, Fridtjof ^a   Rasmussen, Erik S ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Deposits; Norwegian continental shelf; Norwegian Sea; Oligocene to Lower Pliocene; Uplift

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; DOMES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS;

DEPOSITIONAL AREAS; DOME-AND-BASIN STRUCTURE; NORWEGIAN CONTINENTAL SHELVES; NORWEGIAN SEA; PLIOCENE; PLIOCENE DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; UPLIFT;

SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOCENTER; OLIGOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE TECTONICS; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; DENMARK; FENNOSCANDIA; NORDLAND; NORTH SEA; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA; RANAFJORDEN; SCANDES MOUNTAINS; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; TROMS; UNITED KINGDOM; VESTERALEN; VIKING GRABEN;

EID: 84901197094     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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