Serpentinites, peridotites, and seismology

International Geology Review

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 795-816

  Christensen, Nikolas I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

P-WAVE; PERIDOTITE; POLYMORPHISM; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SERPENTINITE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 4944239127     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.46.9.795     Document Type: Article

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