Comment on "deep resistivity cross section of the intraplate Atlas Mountains (NW Africa): New evidence of anomalous mantle and related Quaternary volcanism"

Tectonics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Jones, Alan G ^a   Kiyan, Duygu ^a,b   Fullea, Javier ^a   Ledo, Juanjo ^c   Queralt, Pilar ^c   Marcuello, Alex ^c   Siniscalchi, Agata ^d   Romano, Gerardo ^d  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

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EID: 84868322194     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011TC003051     Document Type: Note

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