Neotectonics on the Arabian Sea coasts

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 195, Issue , 2002, Pages 87-96

  Vita Finzi, Claudio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SHORELINE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0037005398     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.195.01.06     Document Type: Article

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