Global stresses in the Western Europe lithosphere and the collision forces in the Africa-Eurasia convergence zone

Russian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-17

  Mukhamediev, Sh A ^a  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84973295766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16811208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2205/2002ES000083     Document Type: Article

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