Constraints on lower mantle composition and temperature from density and bulk sound velocity profiles

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1990, Pages 1153-1156

  Bina, Craig R ^b   Silver, Paul G ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The Geophysical Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VELOCITY; DENSITY; MANTLE (LOWER); MINERALOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0025593510     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/GL017i008p01153     Document Type: Article

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