Journal of

GEOsciences

  (Formerly Journal of the Czech Geological Society)

Original Paper

Jaroslav Lexa, Jiří Šebesta, José Alexander Chavez, Walter Hernández, Zoltán Pécskay

Geology and volcanic evolution in the southern part of the San Salvador Metropolitan Area

Journal of Geosciences, volume 56 (2011), issue 1, 106 - 140

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.088

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