Global hotspot reference frames and plate motion

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 121, Issue , 2000, Pages 339-357

  Norton, Ian O ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 84977607852     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM121p0339     Document Type: Chapter

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