Tomographic imaging of the lowermost mantle with differential times of refracted and diffracted core phases (PKP, Pdiff)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B4, 2001, Pages 6569-6587

  Kárason, Hrafnkell ^a   Van Der Hilst, Rob D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOWER MANTLE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 0034958342     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900380     Document Type: Article

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