Joint seismic-geodynamic-mineral physical modelling of African geodynamics: A reconciliation of deep-mantle convection with surface geophysical constraints

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters

• Publication date

  2010-07-01

• Fields of study

  Physics, Environmental Science, Geology

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  DOI 10.1016/J.EPSL.2010.03.017
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