Continental transform basins: Why are they asymmetric?

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Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 29-30

  Seeber, L ^a   Sorlien, C ^b   Steckler, M ^a   Cormier, M H ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; OCEAN BASIN; PLATE TECTONICS;

EID: 77952675505     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010EO040001     Document Type: Article

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