Deformation modes of subducted lithosphere at the core-mantle boundary: An experimental investigation

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Loubet, N ^a   Ribe, N M ^a,b   Gamblin, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary region; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049132928     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002492     Document Type: Article

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