Mechanics of stretching elastic-plastic-viscous layers: Applications to slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 106, Issue , 1998, Pages 305-323

  Poliakov, Alexei N B ^a   Buck, W Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 85003758840     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM106p0305     Document Type: Chapter

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