Amplitude of S(diff) across Asia: Effects of velocity gradient and Q(s) in the D' region and the asphericity of the mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 101-112

  Kuo, Ban Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

D' layer; Diffraction; Q; Refraction; SH waves

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ASIA;

EID: 0033570689     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00217-4     Document Type: Article

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