Elsevier Oceanography Series 24A
THE NORTH-WEST EUROPEAN SHELF SEAS : THE SEA BED AND THE SEA IN MOTION I. GEOLOGY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY Edited by
F.T. BANNER, M.B. COLLINS and K.S. MASSIE Department o f Oceanography, University College of Swansea, Swansea, Great Britain
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Main entry under title: The North-West European shelf seas. (Elsevier oceanography series ; 24 A) Includes bibliographies and index. CONTENTS: v. 1. Geology and sedimentology. 1. Continental margins--Europe, Northern. 2. Oceanography--North Atlantic Ocean. 3. Geology--Europe, Northern. I. Banner, Frederick Thomas, 1930ns M. B. 111. Massie, K. S. ISBIi.O%
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Contributing A ut hors
R.J. BAILEY
F.T. BANNER P. BISHOP K.F. BOWDEN D.J. BLUNDELL J.D. BURTON V.N.D. CASTON M.B. COLLINS S.J. CULVER M.R. DOBSON L.R. DRAPER D. HAMILTON D.M. HARDING D.A. HUNTLEY
E.J.W. JONES A.J. LEE K.S. MASSIE
J. MAUCHLINE
R.D. PINGREE E.M. WILSON M.L. YOUNG
Exploration and Production Dept., BP Trading Ltd., Britannic House, Moor Lane, London, EC2Y 9BU, U.K. (formerly: UCNW Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, North Wales) Department of Oceanography, University College, Swansea, West Glamorgan, SA2 8PP, U.K. and Department of Geology, University College London, Cower Street, London WClE 6BT, U.K. Department of Geology, University College, Cower Street, London, WC1 E 6BT, U.K. Department of Oceanography, The University of Liverpool, Bedford St. North, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, L69 3BX, U.K. Department of Geology, Chelsea College, University of London, 271, King Street, London, W6 9LZ, U.K. Department of Oceanography, The University, Southampton, SO9 5NH, U.K. British Petroleum Co. Ltd., Britannic House, Moor Lane, London, EC2Y 9BU, U.K. Department of Oceanography, University College, Swansea SA2 8PP, West Clamorgan, U.K. Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A. and Department of Oceanography, University College, Swansea SA28PP, U.K. Department of Geology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Cards, SY23 3DB, U.K. Marine Information and Advisory Service, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Brook Road, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5UB, U.K. Department of Geology, Queen’s Buildings, University Walk, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 lTR, U.K. Department of Forestry and Wood Science, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, U.K. Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA. (formerly at the Institute of Coastal Oceanography and Tides, Bidston Observatory, Birkenhead, Cheshire, L43 7RA, U.K.). Department of Geology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WClE 6BT, U.K.; now at Bliksem Geophysical Services Ltd., South Quay, Gt. Yarmouth, U.K. Ministry of Agricultur