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Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Gao, Stephen S ^a,c   Davis, Paul M ^c   Liu, Hong ^b,c   Slack, P D ^c   Rigor, Andrew W ^c   Zorin, Yuliy A ^d   Mordvinova, Valentina V ^d   Kozhevnikov, Vladimir M ^d   Logatchev, Nikolai A ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0000332503     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
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