Minimum-work mountain building

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 907-917

  Masek, Jeffrey G ^a,b   Duncan, Christopher C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0001048751     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03213     Document Type: Article

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