Upper mantle S velocity structure of North America

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B10, 1997, Pages 22815-22838

  Van Der Lee, S ^a,b   Nolet, G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

S WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE;

CANADA; MEXICO; USA;

EID: 0031422841     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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