Evolving models of the Tertiary evolutionary geomorphology of southern England, with special reference to the Chalklands

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 162, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-23

  Jones, David K C ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CHALK; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; TECTONICS; TERTIARY; UPLIFT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033370334     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.162.01.02     Document Type: Article

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