The kinematics and pattern of escarpment retreat across the rifted continental margin of SE Australia

Basin Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 301-316

  Seidl, Michele A ^a,b   Weissel, Jeffrey K ^a   Pratson, Lincoln F ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001727831     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1996.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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