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Gutenberg velocity section of the earth and its possible geomechanical explanation. IV. Geomechanics and geotectonics

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Translated from Fiziko-Technicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, No. 6, pp. 30–58, November–December, 1994.

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Oparin, V.N., Kurlenya, M.V. Gutenberg velocity section of the earth and its possible geomechanical explanation. IV. Geomechanics and geotectonics. J Min Sci 30, 548–570 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02047323

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