Unsuccessful initial search for a midmantle chemical boundary with seismic arrays

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 859-862

  Vidale, John E ^a,b   Schubert, Gerald ^a,b   Earle, Paul S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; RADIOGENIC GASES; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY; WAVES;

MIDMANTLE CHEMICAL BOUNDARIES; SEISMOGRAMS;

GEOPHYSICS;

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0035267443     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012428     Document Type: Article

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