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Q and mantle creep

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EXPERIMENTS on model materials show that the acoustic properties of the low velocity zone (LVZ) can arise from the formation of intergranular fluid or melt with no significant reduction in creep strength. Consequently, only very limited bounds on the asthenosphere can be inferred from seismic data.

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  1. THOMAS A. AUTEN

    Present address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, 50010

  2. RICHARD L. STOCKER

    Present address: Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 18015

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  1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520

    THOMAS A. AUTEN, ROBERT B. GORDON & RICHARD L. STOCKER

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AUTEN, T., GORDON, R. & STOCKER, R. Q and mantle creep. Nature 250, 317–318 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250317a0

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