Upper mantle seismic wave velocity: Effects of realistic partial melt geometries

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B5, 2000, Pages 10975-10986

  Hammond, William C ^a   Humphreys, Eugene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0034630669     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900041     Document Type: Article

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