A digital tectonic activity map of the earth

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 430-437

  Lowman, Paul ^a   Yates, Jacob ^a   Masuoka, Penny ^a   Montgomery, Brian ^a   O'Leary, Jay ^b   Salisbury, Demetra ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b RS Information Systems Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Extraterrestrial geology

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MAP; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0033383318     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-47.5.428     Document Type: Article

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