Comparison between tomographic structures and models of convection in the upper mantle

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-56

  Vacher, Pierre ^a   Mocquet, Antoine ^a   Sotin, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Convection; Seismic tomography; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE (UPPER); SEISMIC VELOCITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029729654     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06351.x     Document Type: Review

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