Evidence for normal and inhomogeneous lowermost mantle and core‐mantle boundary structure under the Arctic and northern Canada

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 637-657

  Kruger F ^a,d   Weber, M ^b   Scherbaum, F ^c   Schlittenhardt, J ^d  

^a Seismologisches Zentralobservatorium Gr fenberg SZGRF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

core mantle boundary; double beam technique; D ; Key words: body waves; lateral inhomogeneities; seismic arrays

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; CORE/MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE (LOWER); NUCLEAR EXPLOSION;

EID: 0029479614     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1995.tb07017.x     Document Type: Article

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