Why the sacramento delta area differs from other parts of the great valley: Numerical modeling of thermal structure and thermal subsidence of forearc basins

Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-90

  Mikhailov, V O ^a   Parsons, T ^b   Simpson, R W ^b   Timoshkina, E P ^a   Williams, C ^b  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 33847075435     PISSN: 10693513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1069351307010089     Document Type: Article

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