Long-period ray parameters of the core diffraction Pdiff and mantle heterogeneity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B8, 1997, Pages 17843-17856

  Hock, Silke ^a,b   Roth, Michael ^a,c   Müller, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE/MANTLE BOUNDARY; D' ZONE; LONG PERIOD WAVE; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; RAY PARAMETERS; SEISMIC DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031406061     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb00679     Document Type: Article

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