Horizontal transition from fast to slow structures at the core-mantle boundary; South Atlantic

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 301-310

  Ni, Sidao ^a   Helmberger, Don V ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Core mantle boudary; D layer; Low velocity zones; Plumes

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSITION ZONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034980744     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00273-4     Document Type: Article

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