Detection of P-wave reflector in D" beneath the south-western Pacific using double-array stacking

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1553-1556

  Yamada, A ^a,b   Nakanishi, I ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFRACTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL DETECTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COVE MANTLE BOUNDARY; DOUBLE ARRAY STACKING;

SEISMIC WAVES;

D″ LAYER; DOUBLE ARRAY STACKING; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE (LOWER); P WAVE; P-WAVES; SEISMIC REFLECTION; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

FIJI; PACIFIC, (SOUTHWEST);

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DOUBLE ARRAYS; LOCAL NETWORKS; LOWERMOST MANTLE; RECEIVER ARRAY; SHORT PERIODS; WEAK SIGNALS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

EID: 0030175525     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01564     Document Type: Article

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