Seismic anisotropy in the asthenosphere beneath the Eifel region, Western Germany

Mantle Plumes: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 439-464

  Walker, Kristoffer T ^a   Bokelmann, Götz H R ^b   Klemperer, Simon L ^c   Bock, Günter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68046-8_15     Document Type: Chapter

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