Age-dependent large-scale fabric of the mantle lithosphere as derived from surface-wave velocity anisotropy

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 151, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 257-280

  Babuska V ^a   Montagner, J P ^b   Plomerova J ^c   Girardin, N ^b  

^a UNESCO   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Mantle lithosphere; Radial seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 0031848640     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8777-9_3     Document Type: Article

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