Salt flow by aggrading and prograding overburdens

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 100, Issue , 1996, Pages 243-258

  Koyi, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 5244351750     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.100.01.15     Document Type: Article

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