Oceanic upper mantle structure from experimental scaling of Vs ad density at different depths

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 199-214

  Kaban, Mikhail K ^a,b   Schwintzer, Peter ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Density; Earth's interior; Gravity; Seismic tomography; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; GRAVITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0034782131     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0956-540X.2001.01520.x     Document Type: Article

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