Partial melting in the deepest mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 47-1-47-4

  Simmons, N A ^a   Grand, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MELTING; VELOCITY;

MANTLE;

GEOPHYSICS;

LOWER MANTLE; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036624177     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013716     Document Type: Article

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