Three-dimensional velocity structure and resolution of the core-mantle boundary region from whole-mantle inversions of body waves

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 85-104

  Kohler, Monica D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; CORE/MANTLE BOUNDARY; INVERSION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030778522     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(96)03225-6     Document Type: Article

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