Numerical Modelling of Instantaneous Plate Tectonics

Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1974, Pages 541-576

  Minster, J B ^a   Jordan, T H ^b   Molnar, P ^c   Haines, E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84984435142     PISSN: 00168009     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1974.tb00613.x     Document Type: Article

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