Seismic evidence for very deep roots of continents

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Gossler, Jürgen ^a   Kind, Rainer ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geodynamics; Reflection; Seismology; Traveltime; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL ROOT; GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE (UPPER); SEISMIC DATA; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 0029729995     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(95)00215-x     Document Type: Article

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