Constraints on mantle convection from seismic tomography

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 121, Issue , 2000, Pages 257-276

  Kárason, Hrafnkell ^a   van der Hilst, Rob D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 85007271359     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM121p0277     Document Type: Chapter

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