Travel times of P and S from the global digital seismic networks: Implications for the relative variation of P and S velocity in the mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B7, 2001, Pages 13527-13540

  Bolton, Harold ^a   Masters, Guy ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOMETRY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 0034902856     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900378     Document Type: Article

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