The structural evolution of the Zaghouan-Ressas Structural Belt, northern Tunisia

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 132, Issue , 1998, Pages 405-422

  Morgan, Mark A ^a,b   Grocott, John ^a   Moody, Richard T J ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; RIFT ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

TUNISIA; ZAGHOUAN-RESSAS;

EID: 0032468358     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.23     Document Type: Article

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