Macrogeomorphic evolution of the post-Triassic Appalachian mountains determined by deconvolution of the offshore basin sedimentary record

Basin Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-278

  Pazzaglia, Frank J ^a   Brandon, Mark T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842505222     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1996.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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