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Plastic deformation of rocks and rock-forming minerals

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Seyfert, C.K. (1987). Plastic deformation of rocks and rock-forming minerals . In: Structural Geology and Tectonics. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31080-0_78

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