Absence of short-period ULVZ precursors to PcP and ScP from two regions of the CMB

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 387-390

  Persh, S E ^a   Vidale, J E ^a   Earle, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

(NORTHEAST); CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; ATTENUATION; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEEP MANTLES; REFLECTED PHASIS; SHORT PERIODS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; ULTRA-LOW VELOCITY; UPPER BOUNDARY;

EARTHQUAKES; EARTH (PLANET);

CORE MANTLE BOUNDARY; ULTRA LOW VELOCITY LAYER;

EID: 0035862114     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011607     Document Type: Article

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