Lateral variations in D″ below the Caribbean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 399-402

  Kendall, J M ^a,b,c   Nangini, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept of Physics ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D″ LAYER; DISCONTINUITY; EARTH MANTLE; MANTLE (LOWER); MANTLE STRUCTURE; S WAVE; S-WAVE DISCONTINUITY; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0029729904     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL02659     Document Type: Article

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