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Subduction tectonics and exhumation of high-pressure metamorphic rocks in the Mediterranean orogens
Laurent Jolivet, Claudio Faccenna, Bruno Goffé, Evgenii Burov and Philippe Agard
American Journal of Science May 2003, 303 (5) 353-409; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.303.5.353
Laurent Jolivet
Claudio Faccenna
Bruno Goffé
Evgenii Burov

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American Journal of Science
Vol. 303, Issue 5
May 2003
Subduction tectonics and exhumation of high-pressure metamorphic rocks in the Mediterranean orogens
Laurent Jolivet, Claudio Faccenna, Bruno Goffé, Evgenii Burov, Philippe Agard
American Journal of Science May 2003, 303 (5) 353-409; DOI: 10.2475/ajs.303.5.353
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