Subducted lithospheric slab velocity structure: Observations and mineralogical inferences

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 96, Issue , 1996, Pages 215-222

  Helffrich, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84975730066     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM096p0215     Document Type: Chapter

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