From rifts to passive margins: A continuum of extension

Regional Geology and Tectonics: Phanerozoic Rift Systems and Sedimentary Basins

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 18-31

  Roberts, D G ^a   Bally, A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GEOPHYSICS;

EID: 84942524918     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-56356-9.00001-8     Document Type: Chapter

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