Geomorphological map of the messak settafet and mellet (central Sahara, SW Libya)

Journal of Maps

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 464-475

  Perego, Alessandro ^a,b   Zerboni, Andrea ^b,c   Cremaschi, Mauro ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

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EID: 84874241623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17445647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4113/jom.2011.1207     Document Type: Article

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