Published by means of the yank Geophysical Union as a part of the Geodynamics sequence, quantity 16.
This quantity is dedicated to fresh advances in investigating the Earth's crustal and mantle constitution, its composition and dynamics. a number of the papers replicate the controversy prepared by way of the overseas Lithosphere application (ILP) throughout the Moscow overseas Geological Congress (1980). Others stem from discussions inside of one operating staff (WG-9) and one coordinating committee (CC-5) of ILP.
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