Attenuation tomography of the earth's mantle: A review of current status

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 153, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 257-272

  Romanowicz, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Earth's mantle; Tomography

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 0032439902     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050196     Document Type: Article

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