Chronostratigraphic table and subsidence curves of southern Israel

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-61

  Gvirtzman, Zohar ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TIMESCALE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 1842631797     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/krh0-1q21-u1yg-yh4h     Document Type: Article

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