Evidence for ancient lithospheric deformation in the East European Craton based on mantle seismic anisotropy and crustal magnetics
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Article history: We present new shear-wav Received 28 May 2008 Accepted 6 January 2009 Available online 19 January 2009
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Comparing crustal and mantle fabric from the North American craton using magnetics and seismic anisotropy
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