410 km discontinuity sharpness and the form of the olivine α-β phase diagram: Resolution of apparent seismic contradictions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Helffrich, George R ^a   Wood, Bernard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mantle discontinuities; Phase transitions; Seismology

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030453621     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1996.tb05292.x     Document Type: Article

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