Small-scale lateral shear velocity and anisotropy heterogeneity near the core-mantle boundary beneath the central Pacific imaged using broadband ScS waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B6, 1999, Pages 13183-13199

  Russell, Sara A ^a   Lay, Thorne ^a   Garnero, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HETEROGENEITY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033542327     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900114     Document Type: Article

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