Sound velocity measurements at mantle transition zone conditions of pressure and temperature using ultrasonic interferometry in a multianvil apparatus

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 101, Issue , 1997, Pages 41-61

  Li, Baosheng ^a   Chen, Ganglin ^a   Gwanmesia, Gabriel D ^a,b   Liebermann, Robert C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85040103021     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM101p0041     Document Type: Chapter

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