Topographic, lithospheric and lithologic controls on the transient landscape evolution after the opening of internally-drained basins. Modelling the North Iberian Neogene drainage

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		45
Number of page(s)		13
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2021036
Published online		18 October 2021

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