Thickening of mantle lithosphere beneath New Zealand and the role of buoyant crust in this process

Geologiya i Geofizika

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1497-1503

  Molnar, P ^a   Stern, T ^a   Houseman, G A ^a  

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Author keywords

Earth's crust; Mantle lithosphere; New Zealand; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 26244456832     PISSN: 00167886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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