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Title: Estimate of the Rigidity of Eclogite in the Lower Mantle From Waveform Modeling of Broadband S -to- P Wave Conversions: RIGIDITY OF ECLOGITE FROM SP CONVERSIONS
Award ID(s):
1644829 1565511
PAR ID:
10055289
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Geophysical Research Letters
Volume:
44
Issue:
23
ISSN:
0094-8276
Page Range / eLocation ID:
11,778 to 11,784
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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