Uplift rate relative to base-levels of a salt diapir (Dead Sea Basin, Israel) as indicated by cave levels

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 100, Issue , 1996, Pages 41-47

  Frumkin, Amos ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 5244359728     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.100.01.04     Document Type: Article

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