3SMAC: An a priori tomographic model of the upper mantle based on geophysical modeling

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 101-122

  Nataf, Henri Claude ^a   Ricard, Yanick ^a,b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE (UPPER); SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHIC MODEL;

EID: 0029756872     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03105-7     Document Type: Article

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