A new crustal model for central and Southern Asia

Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-46

  Baranov, A A ^a  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 77952828150     PISSN: 10693513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1069351310010039     Document Type: Article

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