Processes of extensional tectonics

Processes of extensional tectonics

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science, 1982.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wernicke, Brian Philip
Other Authors:	B. Clark Burchfiel.
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng
Published:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010
Subjects:	Earth and Planetary Sciences. Plate tectonics Faults (Geology) Nevada Geology, Structural
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/57719

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