Determination of the absolute depths of the mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath China: Effect of stagnant slabs on transition zone discontinuities

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 965-975

  Niu, Fenglin ^a   Kawakatsu, Hitoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSITION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

EID: 0032412840     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352191     Document Type: Article

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