Pre-Priabonian Palaeogene formations in southwestern Bulgaria and northern Greece: Stratigraphy and tectonic implications

Geological Magazine

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-119

  Zagorchev, Ivan S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALAEOGENE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

BULGARIA; GREECE;

EID: 0031943910     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756897008285     Document Type: Article

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