Seismological constraints on earth’s deep water cycle

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 168, Issue , 2006, Pages 13-27

  van der Lee, Suzan ^a   Wiens, Douglas A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650138109     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/168GM03     Document Type: Chapter

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