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The dynamic mantle

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So far, the mantle has been described largely as if it were static; we have been answering questions such as: What is it made of? What changes across the seismic discontinuities? but not: What processes are operating?

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  1. Formerly of the Department of Earth Sciences, Open University, UK

    G. C. Brown

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, Liverpool University, UK

    A. E. Mussett

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Brown, G.C., Mussett, A.E. (1993). The dynamic mantle. In: The Inaccessible Earth. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1516-2_8

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