Transformation-induced faulting requires an exothermic reaction and explains the cessation of earthquakes at the base of the mantle transition zone
- 15 May 1996
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Tectonophysics
- Vol. 256 (1-4) , 39-56
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(95)00164-6
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