An earthquake origin for synsedimentary deformation in a late Triassic (Rhaetian) lagoonal sequence, southwest Britain

Geological Magazine

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 1983, Pages 613-622

  Mayall, M J ^a  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0020861470     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675680002776X     Document Type: Article

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