The structural boundary between East and West Falkland: New evidence for movement history and lateral extent

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-26

  Hyam, D M ^a,c   Marshall, J E A ^a   Bull, J M ^a   Sanderson, D J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ORDNANCE SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Falkland Islands; Marine geology; Structural history

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY;

SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

EID: 0034027236     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(99)00063-X     Document Type: Article

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