Anisotropic tomography of the Atlantic Ocean from Rayleigh surface waves

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 257-273

  Silveira, Graça ^a,b,c   Stutzmann, Eléonore ^d   Griot, Daphné Anne ^d   Montagner, Jean Paul ^d   Victor, Luis Mendes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MID OCEAN RIDGE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; TOMOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0032502502     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00079-X     Document Type: Article

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