Evidence of a laterally variable lower mantle structure from P‐ and S‐waves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 231-255

  Weber, M ^a   Davis, J P ^a  

^a Seismologisches Zentralobservatorium Gräfenberg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

body waves; D ; lateral inhomogeneity; lower mantle structure

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; LATERAL INHOMOGENEITY; MANTLE (LOWER); VELOCITY JUMP;

USSR, KURIL ISLANDS; USSR, SIBERIA;

EID: 0025227302     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1990.tb00544.x     Document Type: Article

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