Landscape evolution and the preservation of tectonic landforms along the northern Yammouneh Fault, Lebanon

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 162, Issue , 1999, Pages 143-156

  Butler, R W H ^a   Spencer, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT; INCISED VALLEY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; TECTONICS;

LEBANON;

EID: 0033395834     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.162.01.12     Document Type: Article

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