Synrift to syntransform deformation along the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin: Evidence from deep-sea dives

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-78

  Guiraud, M ^a   Benkhelil, J ^b   Mascle, J ^c   Basile, C ^a   Mascle, G ^a   Bouillin, J P ^a   Cousin, M ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c Lab de Geodynam Sous marine   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

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EID: 0002352791     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050010     Document Type: Article

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