Deepest mantle viscosity: Constraints from Earth rotation anomalies
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Constraints on lithosphere net rotation and asthenospheric viscosity from global mantle flow models and seismic anisotropy
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/2010gl043219