Extremely thin oceanic crust in the Proto-Indian Ocean: Evidence from the Masirah Ophiolite, Sultanate of Oman

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B1, 1998, Pages 677-689

  Peters, Tjerk ^a   Mercolli, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0000069318     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
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