Rheology of the upper mantle and the mantle wedge: A view from the experimentalists

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 138, Issue , 2004, Pages 83-105

  Hirth, Greg ^a   Kohlstedt, David ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 85016833969     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/138GM06     Document Type: Chapter

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