Journal of

GEOsciences

  (Formerly Journal of the Czech Geological Society)

Original Paper

Carlo Dietl, Hemin Koyi

Formation of tabular plutons - results and implications of centrifuge modelling

Journal of Geosciences, volume 53 (2008), issue 3-4, 253 - 261

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.032

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