Evolution of the lithosphere of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain, Pacific Ocean, as inferred from geophysical data

Geotectonics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 467-480

  Verzhbitsky, E V ^a   Kononov, M V ^a   Byakov, A F ^a   Dulub, V P ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 37849186302     PISSN: 00168521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0016852106060045     Document Type: Article

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