Simultaneous inversion for 3-D variations in shear and bulk velocity in the mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 135-156

  Su, Wei Jia ^a   Dziewonski, Adam M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERSION; MANTLE; S WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030726627     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(96)03236-0     Document Type: Article

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