Modeling the Tonga slab: Can travel time data resolve a metastable olivine wedge?
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- 10 December 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research
- Vol. 103 (B12) , 30079-30100
- https://doi.org/10.1029/98jb01517
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