ScP; A probe of ultralow velocity zones at the base of the mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 377-380

  Garnero, Edward J ^a,c   Vidale, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBES; VELOCITY; VELOCITY CONTROL; SEISMOLOGY;

BROADBAND ARRAYS; DATA EXAMPLES; PARTIAL MELT; SENSITIVE PROBE; SHEAR VELOCITIES; SHORT PERIODS; SYNTHETIC EXPERIMENTS; ULTRALOW VELOCITY ZONE;

SHEAR FLOW; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

CORE-REFLECTED PHASE; ULTRALOW VELOCITY ZONES (ULVZ);

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LOWER MANTLE; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033082622     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900319     Document Type: Article

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