Teleseismic travel time residuals in North America and anelasticity of the asthenosphere

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 93-103

  Vinnik, L ^a   Chevrot, S ^b,c   Montagner, J P ^b   Guyot, F ^d  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Anelasticity; Asthenosphere; Teleseismic

Indexed keywords

ANELASTICITY; ASTHENOSPHERE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 0033395883     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00132-6     Document Type: Article

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