Numerical study of the origin and stability of chemically distinct reservoirs deep in earth's mantle

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 160, Issue , 2005, Pages 117-136

  van Thienen, P ^a,b   van Summeren, J ^a   van der Hilst, R D ^a,c   van den Berg, A P ^a   Vlaar, N J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84994778105     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/160GM09     Document Type: Chapter

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