A comment on "Geomorphic development of the escarpment of the Eritrean margin, southern Red Sea from combined apatite fission-track and (U-Th)/He thermochronometry" by Balestrieri, M.L. et al. [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 231 (2005) 97-110]

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 428-432

  Drury, S A ^a   Ghebreab, W ^b   Deller, M E Andrews ^a   Talbot, C J ^c   Berhe, S M ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d African Minerals Inc   (Eritrea)

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EID: 32344449270     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.11.021     Document Type: Note

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