Evidence for an S-velocity discontinuity in the lowermost mantle beneath the South Eastern Pacific Basin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2617-2620

  Olivieri, M ^a   Pino, N A ^a   Morelli, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARLY ARRIVAL; EASTERN PACIFIC; LOWERMOST MANTLE; RADIAL VELOCITY; REFERENCE MODELING; TANGENTIAL COMPONENTS; VELOCITY MODEL;

VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY;

CORE MANTLE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC WAVE REFLECTION;

DISCONTINUITY; EARTH MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC, (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 0031278158     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL52742     Document Type: Article

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