Gross errors in upper-mantle discontinuity topography from underside reflection data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 194-204

  Neele, Filip ^a,c   De Regt, Han ^a   Vandecar, John ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

410 discontinuity; 670 discontinuity; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE (UPPER); SEISMIC REFLECTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030744479     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00949.x     Document Type: Article

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