Tertiary alluvial fans at the northern margin of the Ebro Basin: A review

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 251, Issue , 2005, Pages 187-206

  Nichols, Gary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; TERTIARY;

EBRO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33144455228     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.13     Document Type: Review

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