Seismic evidence of flow at the base of the upper mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1995-1998

  Vinnik, Lev ^a,b   Chevrot, Sebastien ^a,c   Montagner, Jean Paul ^a,c  

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

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPIC LAYERS; CENTRAL AFRICA; COMBINED ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; SEISMIC EVIDENCE; SEISMIC STATION; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; TRANSITION ZONES;

SHEAR FLOW; SEISMOLOGY;

ANISOTROPIC THOMSON-HASKELL CODES;

MANTLE CONVECTION; SEISMIC METHOD;

EID: 0032098422     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01418     Document Type: Article

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