Controls on density stratification in the early mantle

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Davies, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mantle evolution

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EID: 40649107003     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001414     Document Type: Article

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