An analysis of the temperature derivative of shear-wave velocity in the oceanic lithosphere of the Pacific Basin

Journal of Physics of the Earth

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-71

  Kato, Mamoru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0343835487     PISSN: 00223743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.45.67     Document Type: Article

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