Heterogeneity of the lowermost mantle

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue , 2000, Pages 509-537

  Garnero, E J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; D ; Mantle structure; Seismic heterogeneity; Ultra low velocity zone

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; LOWER MANTLE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033794111     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.28.1.509     Document Type: Article

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