Is there a first-order discontinuity in the lowermost mantle?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 343-351

  Liu, Xian Feng ^a   Tromp, Jeroen ^a   Dziewonski, Adam M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; D layer; Global; Lower mantle; Mantle; Mantle discontinuity; Seismology

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 0032456429     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00095-8     Document Type: Article

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