Nature and composition of the continental crust: A lower crustal perspective

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 267-309

  Rudnick, Roberta L ^a   Fountain, David M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUST (LOWER); CRUSTAL COMPOSITION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0029471851     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95RG01302     Document Type: Review

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