Extending shear-wave tomography for the lower mantle using S and SKS arrival-time data

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 999-1012

  Widiyantoro, S ^a,b   Kennett, B L N ^a   Van Der Hilst, R D ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032413822     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352194     Document Type: Article

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