Exposure of deep, dense rocks: interplay between erosion and sinking

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 154, Issue , 1999, Pages 233-239

  Glazner, Allen F ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EROSION; EXHUMATION;

EID: 0033377158     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.10     Document Type: Article

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