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2 Table of Contents: “...: Quantitative Analysis of Natural and Experimental Data -- Dynamic Interactions between Crustal Shortening...”

3 Table of Contents: “... of the Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau -- 3 Variability in Age of Initial Shortening and Uplift in the Central...”

4 “... with the shortest possible delay. The first part appeared in 1968 when the manuscript of the second part was handed...”

5 “... deposits and rare metals, as well as the shortest sea route from Asia to Europe. Consequently, the Northern...”

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