Synthetic tomography of plume clusters and thermochemical piles
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Article history: Seismic tomography elucid Received 15 May 2008 Received in revised form 3 November 2008 Accepted 16 November 2008 Available online 22 January 2009 Editor: C.P. Jaupart
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تاریخ انتشار 2009