P and PcP travel time tomography for the core-mantle boundary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B8, 1997, Pages 17825-17841

  Obayashi, Masayuki ^a,b   Fukao, Yoshio ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE/MANTLE BOUNDARY; P WAVE; PCP WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031414621     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb00397     Document Type: Article

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