Velocity structure of upper-mantle transition zones beneath central Eurasia from seismic inversion using genetic algorithms

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 869-878

  Neves, Fernando A ^a   Singh, Satish C ^a   Priestley, Keith F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inversion; Seismic velocities; Transition; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

MANTLE (UPPER); SEISMIC INVERSION; TRANSITION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SIBERIA;

EID: 0029768970     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06030.x     Document Type: Article

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