Deep structure of the central Indian Ocean inferred from geophysical data

Geotectonics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-223

  Verzhbitsky, E V ^a   Neprochnov, Yu P ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

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