Rheology of the lithosphere in space and time

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 121, Issue , 1997, Pages 19-37

  Ranalli, Giorgio ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; MOHO;

EID: 6144271153     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.121.01.02     Document Type: Article

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