Comparing crustal and mantle fabric from the North American craton using magnetics and seismic anisotropy
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Article history: A central target in Earth s Received 22 July 2008 Received in revised form 27 October 2008 Accepted 29 October 2008 Available online 6 December 2008 Editor: R.D. van der Hilst
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