On the Relative Importance of the Driving Forces of Plate Motion

Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1975, Pages 163-200

  Forsyth, Donald ^a   Uyedaf, Seiya ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84980232694     PISSN: 00168009     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1975.tb00631.x     Document Type: Article

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