Demerara Plateau - the structure and evolution of a transform passive margin

Geophysical Journal International - Tập 172 Số 2 - Trang 549-564 - 2008
C. J. Greenroyd1, C. Peirce1, M. Rodger2, A. B. Watts2, R. W. Hobbs1
1Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
2Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, UK

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