Tectono-geophysical domains of interior Alaska as interpreted from new gravity and aeromagnetic data compilations

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1574, 1997, Pages 157-171

  Saltus, Richard W ^a   Meyer Jr , John F ^a   Barnes, David F ^a   Morin, Robert L ^a  

^a NONE

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AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GRAVITY SURVEY; TECTONICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031544113     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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