Neotectonic activity in Caesarea, the Mediterranean coast of central Israel

Tectonophysics

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 139-153

  Mart, Yossi ^a   Perecman, Ilana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT; NEOTECTONICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ISRAEL, CAESAREA;

EID: 0029768996     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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