Crustal and upper mantle structure beneath Antarctica and surrounding oceans

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B12, 2001, Pages 30645-30670

  Ritzwoller, Michael H ^a   Shapiro, Nikolai M ^a   Levshin, Anatoli L ^a   Leahy, Garrett M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LOVE WAVE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SURFACE WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0035712389     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000179     Document Type: Article

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