Comment on "From seamount accretion to tectonic erosion: Formation of Osa Mélange and the effects of Cocos Ridge subduction in southern Costa Rica" by P. Vannucchi et al

Tectonics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Buchs, David M ^a   Baumgartner, Peter O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 34548348551     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC002032     Document Type: Note

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