Multiple seismic discontinuities near the base of the transition zone in the Earth's mantle

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6786, 2000, Pages 559-562

  Simmons, N A ^a   Gurrola, H ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRANSITION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034213424     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35014589     Document Type: Article

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