Late Pliocene-Pleistocene incision in the Ebro Basin (North Spain)

Special Issue Orogen lifecycle: learnings and perspectives from Pyrenees, Western Mediterranean and analogues

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Issue		BSGF - Earth Sci. Bull. Volume 192, 2021 Special Issue Orogen lifecycle: learnings and perspectives from Pyrenees, Western Mediterranean and analogues


Article Number		30
Number of page(s)		22
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2021020
Published online		07 June 2021

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