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Geology – Linking plate tectonics and mantle flow to Earth’s topography

16 December, 201510 October, 2014 by Michael Chin

Flament, N. (2014). Linking plate tectonics and mantle flow to Earth’s topography. Geology, 42(10), 927-928. doi: 10.1130/focus102014.1.

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