Upper mantle S velocity structure of central and western South America

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B12, 2001, Pages 30821-30834

  Van Der Lee, Suzan ^a,b   James, David ^a   Silver, Paul ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAM; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0035711482     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000338     Document Type: Article

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