Seismological in situ estimation of density jumps across thetransition zone discontinuities beneath Japan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2541-2544

  Kato, M ^a   Kawakatsu, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); SEISMOGRAPHS; SHEAR WAVES; SHEAR FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DENSITY JUMPS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

JAPAN;

410-KM DISCONTINUITY; BROADBAND SEISMOGRAMS; CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; EARTH'S MANTLE; MODEL PARAMETERS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; TRANSITION ZONES; WESTERN JAPAN;

EID: 0035391794     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012747     Document Type: Article

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