Rift basins and supradetachment basins: Intracontinental extensional end-members

Basin Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 109-127

  Friedmann, S Julio ^a   Burbank, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000458165     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.1995.tb00099.x     Document Type: Article

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