Mixing of heterogeneities in the mantle: Effect of viscosity differences

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 403-406

  Manga, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE; MIXING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029729544     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00242     Document Type: Article

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