Seismic constraints on mantle flow and topography of the 660-km discontinuity: Evidence for whole-mantle convection

Nature

Volumn 365, Issue 6446, 1993, Pages 506-511

  Morgan, Jason Phipps ^a   Shearer, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PHASE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITY; SIESMIC MODEL; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 0027805512     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/365506a0     Document Type: Article

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