Plan-view curvature of foreland basins and its implications for the palaeostrength of the lithosphere underlying the western Alps

Basin Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-182

  Sinclair, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925248813     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1996.01525.x     Document Type: Article

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