Upper mantle seismic wave attenuation: Effects of realistic partial melt distribution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B5, 2000, Pages 10987-10999

  Hammond, William C ^a   Humphreys, Eugene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 17044366181     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900042     Document Type: Article

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