Lateral heterogeneity in the upper mantle and SS - S traveltime intervals for SS rays reflected from the Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 135, Issue 1-4, 1995, Pages 139-148

  Woodward, Robert L ^a   Molnar, Peter ^b,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; S WAVE; SEISMIC TRAVELTIME; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SS WAVE;

CHINA, TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0029501454     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(95)00154-5     Document Type: Article

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