A new model of upper mantle P-wave velocity below the Baltic Shield: Indication of partial melt in the 95 to 160 km depth range

Tectonophysics

Volumn 253, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 227-245

  Perchuc E ^a   Thybo, H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE (UPPER); P WAVE; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EUROPE, BALTIC SHIELD;

EID: 0029729826     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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