Core-mantle boundary structures and processes

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 150, Issue , 2004, Pages 25-41

  Lay, Thorne ^a   Garnero, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745898304     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/150GM04     Document Type: Chapter

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