Elasticity, composition and temperature of the Earth's lower mantle: a reappraisal

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 291-311

  Jackson, Ian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE COMPOSITION; MANTLE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031659114     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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