Review of the long-term coastal evolution of North Oman - Subsidence versus uplift;Review der langfristigen Küstenentwicklung Nordomans - Senkung und Hebung

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-252

  Hoffmann, Gösta ^a,b   Rupprechter, Magdalena ^a,c   Mayrhofer, Christoph ^c  

^a GERMAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN OMAN   (Oman)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coast indentation index; Earthquakes; GIS; Quaternary; Sea level; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879386163     PISSN: 18601804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1860-1804/2013/0002     Document Type: Review

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