Cenozoic deformation in Sumatra: oblique subduction and the development of the Sumatran Fault System

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 126, Issue , 1997, Pages 355-363

  McCarthy, A J ^b   Elders, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Enterprise Oil plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0031545064     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.21     Document Type: Article

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