The core-mantle boundary under the Gulf of Alaska: No ULVZ for shear waves

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 311-321

  Castle, John C ^a   Van Der Hilst, Rob D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Core mantle boundary; Low velocity zones; Mantle; Partial melting; Seismology

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

GULF OF ALASKA;

EID: 0034732033     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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