A reconnaissance study of the morphotectonics of the Mexican subduction zone

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 118, Issue , 1999, Pages 207-226

  Ramírez Herrera, Maria Teresa ^a,b   Kostoglodov, Vladimir ^c   Summerfield, Michael A ^c   Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime ^c   Zamorano, José J ^c  

^a Circuito Exterior   (Mexico)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

MEXICO;

EID: 0343550510     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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