Shear attenuation and dispersion in MgO

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 249-257

  Getting, Ivan C ^a   Dutton, Steven J ^a   Burnley, Pamela C ^a   Karato, Shun Ichiro ^b,c   Spetzler, Hartmut A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

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EID: 0001832148     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(96)03208-6     Document Type: Article

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