The Pamir-Hindu Kush seismic zone as a strain marker for flow in the upper mantle

Tectonics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-115

  Pavlis, Gary L ^a   Das, Shamita ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000730593     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC900062     Document Type: Article

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