Faults at the proximal continental shelf off Atlit, central Israel, and their neotectonic significance

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 41-48

  Mart, Yossi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

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EID: 0345040478     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02202597     Document Type: Article

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