Tectonic stresses in the lithosphere

Tectonics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 315-324

  Fleitout, Luce ^a   Froidevaux, Claude ^a  

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EID: 0021037435     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/TC002i003p00315     Document Type: Article

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