Convective thinning of the lithosphere: A mechanism for the initiation of continental rifting
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- 10 June 1982
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research
- Vol. 87 (B6) , 4669-4681
- https://doi.org/10.1029/jb087ib06p04669
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