Multiple detachment levels in thrust tectonics: Sandbox experiments and palinspastic reconstruction

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 99, Issue , 1996, Pages 227-234

  Verschuren, Mark ^a   Nieuwland, Dick ^a   Gast, Jim ^b  

^a SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b Shell Expro   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79956079833     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.099.01.17     Document Type: Article

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