European provenance of the Numidian Flysch in northern Tunisia

Terra Nova

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-102

  Fildes, Christine ^a   Stow, Dorrik ^b   Riahi, Sami ^c   Soussi, Mohamed ^c   Patel, Urval ^d   Milton, J Andy ^e   Marsh, Stuart ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^d Core Laboratories ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f Anadarko (Algeria) Company LLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; FLYSCH; FORELAND BASIN; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MICROPLATE; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE MOTION; PROVENANCE;

TUNISIA;

EID: 77951754115     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00921.x     Document Type: Article

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