Controls on Plio-Quaternary foreland sedimentation in the region of the Maltese Islands

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-129

  Gatt, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Holocene transgression; Malta platform; Pantelleria rift; Synsedimentary tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947666548     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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