P wave velocity of Proterozoic upper mantle beneath central and southern Asia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 11159-11171

  Nyblad, Andrew A ^a   Vogfjord, Kristin S ^b   Langston, Charles A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN SUPERSWELL; MANTLE (UPPER); MANTLE VELOCITY; P WAVE VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0029730295     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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