Discussion on 'geological offsets and age constraints along the northern Dead Sea fault, Syria'

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 621-623

  Westaway, Rob ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 79952274548     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-141     Document Type: Article

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