Stratification of the outer core at the core-mantle boundary

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 5-19

  Lister, John R ^a   Buffett, Bruce A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE/MANTLE BOUNDARY; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0031859593     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(97)00082-4     Document Type: Article

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