Tertiary palaeosurfaces of the SW Deccan, Western India: Implications for passive margin uplift

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 120, Issue , 1997, Pages 221-248

  Widdowson, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5244273904     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.15     Document Type: Article

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