COBBOOM: The Continental Breakup and Birth of Oceans Mission

Scientific Drilling

Volumn , Issue 5, 2007, Pages 13-25

  Sawyer, Dale S ^a   Coffin, Millard F ^b   Reston, Timothy J ^c   Stock, Joann M ^d   Hopper, John R ^e  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 63149127562     PISSN: 18168957     EISSN: 18163459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2204/iodp.sd.5.02.2007     Document Type: Article

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