Seismic stratigraphy, structure and tectonic evolution of the Levantine Basin, offshore Israel

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 260, Issue , 2006, Pages 201-227

  Gardosh, Michael A ^a   Druckman, Yehezkel ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; FOLD BELT; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; PHANEROZOIC; PLEISTOCENE; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEISMIC SURVEY; SENONIAN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

ANISIA;

EID: 33748505033     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.260.01.09     Document Type: Article

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