Mantle structure beneath Indonesia inferred from high-resolution tomographic imaging

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 167-182

  Widiyantoro, Sri ^a,c   Van Der Hilst, Rob ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Body waves; Indonesia; Mantle; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0030815343     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00996.x     Document Type: Article

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