Seismostratigraphy of the Siberian Sector of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent Laptev Sea Shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 5275-5289

  Weigelt, Estella ^a   Jokat, Wilfried ^a   Franke, Dieter ^b  

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

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Laptev Shelf; Lomonosov Ridge; Makarov Basin; Marine Seismics; seismostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA; CHUKCHI SHELF; EAST SIBERIAN SEA; FRAM STRAIT; LAPTEV SEA; LOMONOSOV RIDGE; MAKAROV BASIN;

EID: 84906084477     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010727     Document Type: Article

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