Investigating the frequency dependence of mantle Q by stacking P and PP spectra

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B11, 2000, Pages 25391-25402

  Warren, Linda M ^a,b   Shearer, Peter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034518121     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900283     Document Type: Article

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