Flow in the lower continental crust as a mechanism for the Quaternary uplift of south-east England: constraints from the Thames terrace record

Quaternary Science Reviews - Tập 21 - Trang 559-603 - 2002
Rob Westaway1, Darrel Maddy2, David Bridgland3
116 Neville Square, Merryoaks, Durham DH1 3PY, UK
2Department of Geography, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
3Department of Geography, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, UK

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