Shear wave speeds at the base of the mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B9, 2000, Pages 21543-21557

  Castle, John C ^a,b   Creager, Kenneth C ^b   Winchester, John P ^b   Van Der Hilst, Rob D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LOWER MANTLE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0034633224     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900193     Document Type: Article

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