Scale lengths of shear velocity heterogeneity at the base of the mantle from S wave differential travel times

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B5, 1997, Pages 9887-9909

  Lay, Thorne ^a   Garnero, Edward J ^a   Young, Christopher J ^b   Gaherty, James B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; S WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR VELOCITY HETEROGENEITY;

EID: 0030778770     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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