Ubiquitous Low-Velocity Layer Atop the 410-Km Discontinuity in the Northern Rocky Mountains
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S43A-1376.GeochemistryGeophysicsGeosystemsG jasbinsek and dueker: 410-km discontinuity, rockies 10.1029/2007GC001661
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