Geophysical continua: Deformation in the earth's interior

Geophysical Continua: Deformation in the Earth's Interior

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-432

  Kennett, B L N ^a   Bunge, H P ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511807534     Document Type: Book

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