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Richard F Katz et al 2005 New J. Phys. 7 37 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/037

Tectonic microplates in a wax model of sea-floor spreading

Richard F Katz1, Rolf Ragnarsson2 and Eberhard Bodenschatz2,3

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