Subduction of the Indian lithosphere beneath the Tibetan Plateau and Burma
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Article history: Subduction of the Indian lit Received 8 August 2007 Received in revised form 7 July 2008 Accepted 10 July 2008 Available online 20 July 2008 Editor: C.P. Jaupart
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