Upper mantle seismic anisotropy resulting from pressure-induced slip transition in olivine

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-77

  Jung, Haemyeong ^a   Mo, Won ^a   Green, Harry W ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 67649233015     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo389     Document Type: Article

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