A unified continental thickness from seismology and diamonds suggests a melt-defined plate

DOI10.1126/SCIENCE.AAN0741zbMATH Open1404.86042OpenAlexW2744752043WikidataQ48256886 ScholiaQ48256886MaRDI QIDQ4645976FDOQ4645976

Authors: Saikiran Tharimena, Catherine Rychert, Nicholas J. Harmon 

Publication date: 11 January 2019

Published in: Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/413029/1/Tharimena_et_al_2017_Science_accepted_.pdf

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geological problems (86A60) Seismology (including tsunami modeling), earthquakes (86A15)

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