Small scatterers in the lower mantle observed at German broadband arrays

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B7, 1999, Pages 15073-15088

  Thomas, C ^a   Weber, M ^b   Wicks, C W ^c   Scherbaum, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; LOWER MANTLE; SEISMIC WAVE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE SCATTERING;

(SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032697426     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900128     Document Type: Article

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