Salt tectonics: Some aspects of deformation mechanics

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 100, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-10

  Davidson, Ian ^a   Alsop, Ian ^a   Blundell, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84874775205     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.100.01.01     Document Type: Article

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