Teleseismic P‐wave tomography and mantle dynamics beneath Eastern Tibet
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عنوان ژورنال: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1525-2027,1525-2027
DOI: 10.1002/2016gc006262