Plate driving forces

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Volumn Part 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 977-983

  Forte, Alessandro M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84891695443     PISSN: 13884360     EISSN: 1871756X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8702-7_215     Document Type: Article

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