A waveform migration for the investigation of P wave structure at the top of D″ beneath northern Siberia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B3, 2001, Pages 4129-4140

  Freybourger, Marion ^a,b,c   Chevrot, Sébastien ^b,c   Krüger, Frank ^d   Achauer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MIGRATION; P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0034957509     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900388     Document Type: Article

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