Thickness estimates of the upper-mantle transition zone from bootstrapped velocity spectrum stacks of receiver functions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-43

  Gurrola, Harold ^a,b   Bernard Minster, J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Receiver functions; Transition zone; Upper mantle; Velocity spectrum stacking

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0031867658     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.1331470.x     Document Type: Article

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