Mantle Anchor Structure: An argument for bottom up tectonics

2010/09/28 by Adam M. Dziewonski, Adam M. Dziewoński, V. Lekić +3 · 229 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Amplitude #Earth's magnetic field #Geodesy #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Geomagnetic pole #Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies #Geophysics #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Magnetic field #Mantle (geology) #Physics #Spherical harmonics

paper · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.013

published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters 299(1-2), 69-79 (Elsevier BV)

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