Towards mapping the three-dimensional distribution of water in the upper mantle from velocity and attenuation tomography

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 168, Issue , 2006, Pages 225-236

  Shito, Azusa ^a   Karato, Shun Ichiro ^b   Matsukage, Kyoko N ^c   Nishihara, Yu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 84974632097     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/168GM17     Document Type: Chapter

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