Meso- and cenozoic tectonics of the central asian mountain belt: Effects of lithospheric plate interaction and mantle plumes

International Geology Review

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 430-466

  Dobretsov, N L ^a   Buslov, M M ^a   Delvaux, D ^b   Berzin, N A ^a   Ermikov, V D ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

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EID: 0001510583     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819709465345     Document Type: Article

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