Isostatic constraints on lithospheric thermal evolution: Application to the proterozoic orogen of the southwestern United States

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 154, Issue , 2005, Pages 125-138

  Flowers, R M ^a   Royden, L H ^a   Bowring, S A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 50849101959     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/154GM10     Document Type: Chapter

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