Mineralogy and composition of the upper mantle

Ultrahigh Pressure Mineralogy: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth's Deep Interior

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 139-164

  McDonough, William F ^a   Rudnick, Roberta L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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UPPER MANTLE;

MINERALS;

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