Origin of the lithosphere of the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea

Oceanology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 721-730

  Verzhbitskii, E V ^a   Kononov, M V ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SURVEY;

IONIAN SEA; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 27644460036     PISSN: 00014370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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