The survival of mantle geochemical heterogeneities

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 160, Issue , 2005, Pages 27-46

  Albarède, Francis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

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EID: 85040610203     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/160GM04     Document Type: Chapter

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