Upper mantle stratification by P and S receiver functions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 699-712

  Farra, Véronique ^a   Vinnik, Lev ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Converted waves; Mantle discontinuities; Receiver functions; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRATIFICATION; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0034043791     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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