Heterogeneity of the uppermost mantle beneath Russian Eurasia from the ultra-long-range profile QUARTZ

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B9, 1999, Pages 20329-20348

  Morozova, Elena A ^a   Morozov, Igor B ^a,c   Smithson, Scott B ^a   Solodilov, Leonid N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Ctr Reg Geophys Geoecological R   (Russian Federation)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE;

ASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0033543289     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900142     Document Type: Article

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