Thermal conductivity of the Earth's deepest mantle

Superplumes: Beyond Plate Tectonics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 269-292

  Hofmeister, Anne M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5750-2_10     Document Type: Chapter

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