Mantle transition zone beneath Eurasia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1485-1488

  Vinnik, Lev ^a   Kosarev, Grigoriy ^a   Petersen, Natalia ^a  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

410-KM DISCONTINUITY; EURASIA; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMOGRAPH STATIONS; STANDARD VALUES;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

EURASIA; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE;

MANTLE; PDS PHASE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSITION ZONE;

ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 0030158817     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01261     Document Type: Article

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