P and S wave scattering from mantle plumes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 21145-21163

  Tilmann, Frederik J ^a   McKenzie, Dan ^a   Priestley, Keith F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0032505306     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01070     Document Type: Article

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