Even-degree lateral variations in the Earth's mantle constrained by free oscillations and the free-air gravity anomaly

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-96

  Ishii, Miaki ^a   Tromp, Jeroen ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Free oscillations; Free air gravity; Poisson's ratio; Seismic tomography; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

EARTH ROTATION; EARTHQUAKE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MANTLE CONVECTION; OSCILLATION;

EID: 0035068239     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2001.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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