Evidence from the asymmetry of fast-spreading ridges that the axial topographic high is due to extensional stresses
- 1 July 1998
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 394 (6691) , 360-363
- https://doi.org/10.1038/28596
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