Onset of small-scale instabilities at the base of the lithosphere: scaling laws and role of pre-existing lithospheric structures
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- 21 December 2004
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Geophysical Journal International
- Vol. 160 (1) , 345-357
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246x.2004.02475.x
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