Topography on the 410-km seismic velocity discontinuity near subduction zones from stacking of sS, sP, and pP precursors

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 21165-21182

  Flanagan, Megan P ^a,b   Shearer, Peter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 0032505289     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00595     Document Type: Article

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