Evidence for deep mantle circulation from global tomography

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6625, 1997, Pages 578-584

  Van Der Hilst, R D ^a   Widiyantoro, S ^b   Engdahl, E R ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; TOMOGRAPHY; VISCOELASTICITY;

MANTLE (LOWER); MANTLE CONVECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030620917     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386578a0     Document Type: Article

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