The earth’s crust and lithosphere

Journal of Petrology

Volumn Special_Volume, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 1-10

  White, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84960568789     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/Special_Volume.1.1     Document Type: Article

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