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Facies and ichnology of an Upper Cretaceous chalk contourite drift complex, eastern Denmark, and the...

Facies and ichnology of an Upper Cretaceous chalk contourite drift complex, eastern Denmark, and the...

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Facies and ichnology of an Upper Cretaceous chalk contourite drift complex, eastern Denmark, and the validity of contourite facies models

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Facies and ichnology of an Upper Cretaceous chalk contourite drift complex, eastern Denmark, and the validity of contourite facies models

Publisher

London, UK: Geological Society of London

Journal title

Journal of the Geological Society, 2012-07, Vol.169 (4), p.435-447

Language

English

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London, UK: Geological Society of London

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Contents

The Upper Cretaceous chalk of the Danish Basin has been interpreted as a major contourite complex on the basis of high-resolution seismic data. The sea floor had a pronounced topography with kilometre-wide ridges and valleys up to almost 200 m deep, interpreted to have been formed by contour-parallel bottom currents. Only few ancient contourite sys...

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Facies and ichnology of an Upper Cretaceous chalk contourite drift complex, eastern Denmark, and the validity of contourite facies models

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1798740517

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1798740517

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ISSN

0016-7649

E-ISSN

2041-479X

DOI

10.1144/0016-76492011-136

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