Thermochemical state of the lower mantle: New insights from mineral physics

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 160, Issue , 2005, Pages 241-260

  Badro, James ^a   Fiquet, Guillaume ^a   Guyot, François ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 33845590019     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/160GM15     Document Type: Chapter

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