Chapter 14 Review of the tectonic controls and sedimentary patterns in late neogene piggyback basins on the barbados ridge complex

Sedimentary Basins of the World

Volumn 4, Issue C, 1999, Pages 369-388

  Huyghe, Pascale ^a   Mugnier, Jean louis ^a   Griboulard, Roger ^a   Deniaud, Yann ^a   Gonthier, Eliane ^a   Faugeres, Jean claude ^a  

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EID: 77957114624     PISSN: 18745997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1874-5997(99)80048-3     Document Type: Article

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