Evolution of oceanic upper mantle structure

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 71-80

  Zhang, Yu Shen ^a   Lay, Thorne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Ocean mantle structure; Surface wave

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033529358     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00047-3     Document Type: Article

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