Cenozoic tectonics on the Galicia margin, northwest Spain

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-80

  Munoz, Araceli ^a   Acosta, Juan ^a   Uchupi, Elazar ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOGENE; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE BOUNDARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141612893     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-003-0126-1     Document Type: Article

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