Closing the gap between regional and global travel time tomography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B12, 1998, Pages 30055-30078

  Bijwaard, Harmen ^a   Spakman, Wim ^a   Engdahl, E Robert ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLID EARTH; TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 0032506725     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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