Effect of the oceanic lithosphere velocity on free convection in the asthenosphere beneath mid-ocean ridges

Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-302

  Kirdyashkin, A A ^a   Kirdyashkin, A G ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 42549087841     PISSN: 10693513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/s11486-008-4003-5     Document Type: Article

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