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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
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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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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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    • LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ALPINE BELTS, DEFORMATION HISTORY
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