The onshore record of passive margin evolution

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 451-457

  Gallagher, Kerry ^a   Brown, Roderick ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erosion; Fission track dating; Passive margins; Topography

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; EROSION; FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS; PASSIVE MARGIN;

EID: 0030772470     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.3.0451     Document Type: Article

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