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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-959-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-959-2021
Research article
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23 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 23 Apr 2021

Nanoscale earthquake records preserved in plagioclase microfractures from the lower continental crust

Arianne J. Petley-Ragan, Oliver Plümper, Benoit Ildefonse, and Bjørn Jamtveit

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