Seismic Evidence for a Geosuture between the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks, South China

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  He, Chuansong ^a   Dong, Shuwen ^b   Santosh, M ^c   Chen, Xuanhua ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84880391864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02200     Document Type: Article

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