Seismic detection of a thin laterally varying boundary layer at the base of the mantle beneath the central-Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 977-980

  Garnero, Edward J ^a   Helmberger, Donald V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOGRAPHS;

DEEP EARTHQUAKES; LOW VELOCITIES; LOWER MANTLE; LOWERMOST MANTLE; P-VELOCITY; PARTIAL MELT; SEISMIC DETECTION; VARYING BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

ASPHERICAL STRUCTURES; CIRCUM PACIFIC LOWER MANTLE; LOCALIZED ZONE OF PARTIAL MELT; LOWERMOST MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC CORE PHASES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CORE/MANTLE BOUNDARY; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE (LOWER); SEISMIC SURVEYS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

PACIFIC; PACIFIC, (CENTRAL);

EID: 0029666565     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03603     Document Type: Article

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