Rheology of the upper mantle: a synthesis

scientific article (publication date: 7 May 1993)

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P819ADS bibcode1993Sci...260..771K
P356DOI10.1126/SCIENCE.260.5109.771
P3181OpenCitations bibliographic resource ID3978480
P698PubMed publication ID17746109
P5875ResearchGate publication ID6094546

P2093author name stringP Wu
S Karato
P433issue5109
P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjectrheologyQ271707
P304page(s)771-8
P577publication date1993-05-07
P1433published inScienceQ192864
P1476titleRheology of the upper mantle: a synthesis
P478volume260

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