Towards a quantitative interpretation of global seismic tomography

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 160, Issue , 2005, Pages 47-62

  Trampert, Jeannot ^a   van der Hilst, Robert D ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84957851917     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/160GM05     Document Type: Chapter

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