Upper mantle seismic discontinuities

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 117, Issue , 2000, Pages 115-131

  Shearer, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 78349289149     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM117p0115     Document Type: Chapter

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