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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.

Science Bulletin
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Formation and evolution of continentsLithosphere-asthenosphere boundaryMid-lithosphere discontinuitySubcontinental lithospheric mantle

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