Sharp 400-km discontinuity from short-period P reflections

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 419-422

  Neele, Filip ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEISMIC WAVES; VELOCITY;

410-KM DISCONTINUITY; CONTINUOUS FEATURES; CRITICAL REFLECTIONS; DISCONTINUITY PROPERTY; EPICENTRAL DISTANCES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

SEISMOLOGY;

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P/T CONDITIONS; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0029753801     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00378     Document Type: Article

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