Seismic-geodynamic constraints on mantle flow: Implications for layered convection, mantle viscosity, and seismic anisotropy in the deep mantle

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 117, Issue , 2000, Pages 3-36

  Forte, Alessandro M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 27244454468     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM117p0003     Document Type: Chapter

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