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European Lithosphere Dynamics
The Geological Society of London Books Editorial Committee Chief Editor B. PANKHURST ( U K )
Society Books Editors J. GREGORY (UK) J. GRIFFITHS ( U K ) J. HOWE ( U K ) P. LEAT ( U K ) N. ROBINS ( U K ) J. TURNER ( U K )
Society Books Advisors M . BROWN ( U S A ) E. BUFFETAUT ( F r a n c e ) R. GIER13 (Germany) J. GLUYAS ( U K ) D. STEAD (Canada) R. STEPHENSON (Netherlands)
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It is recommended that reference to all or part of this book should be made in one of the following ways: GEE, D. G. & STEPHENSON, R. •. (eds) 2006. European Lithosphere Dynamics. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 32.
ARTEMIEVA,I.M. THYBO, H. & KABAN,M. K. Deep Europe today: geophysical synthesis of the upper mantle structure and lithospheric processes over 3.5 Ga. In: GEE, D. G. & STEPHENSON, R. A. (eds) European Lithosphere Dynamics. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 32, 11-41.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY MEMOIR NO. 32
European Lithosphere Dynamics EDITED
BY
D. G. GEE University of Uppsala, Sweden and R. A. STEPHENSON Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2006 Published by The Geological Society London
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