Three-dimensional structure at the base of the mantle beneath the central Pacific

Science

Volumn 282, Issue 5389, 1998, Pages 718-720

  Bréger, Ludovic ^a   Romanowicz, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; HYPERBARISM; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032561247     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5389.718     Document Type: Article

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