A steeply dipping discontinuity in the lower mantle beneath Izu-Bonin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B4, 1999, Pages 7279-7292

  Castle, John C ^a   Creager, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; LOWER MANTLE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

IZU-BONIN ARC; JAPAN;

EID: 0033541386     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900011     Document Type: Article

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