Transition zone velocity gradients and the 520-km discontinuity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 3053-3066

  Shearer, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 0029750163     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb02812     Document Type: Article

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