Characteristics of the west Greenland margin in the southern Baffin bay

74th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2012 Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2012: Responsibly Securing Natural Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4416-4420

  Block, M ^a   Damm, V ^a   Ehrhardt, A ^a   Berglar, K ^a   Schnabel, M ^a   Altenbernd, T ^b  

^a BGR   (United States)

^b AWI Bremerhaven   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS;

CONTINENT-OCEAN BOUNDARY; CONTINENT-OCEAN TRANSITION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HYDROCARBON ASSESSMENT; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; WEST GREENLAND;

BASALT;

EID: 84928182333     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.20148225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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