Heat flow over Reunion hot spot track: Additional evidence for thermal rejuvenation of oceanic lithosphere
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0148-0227
DOI: 10.1029/97jb00952