Short scale heterogeneity in the lowermost mantle: Insights from PcP-P and ScS-S data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-68

  Tkalčić, Hrvoje ^b   Romanowicz, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; D layer; PcP waves; ScS waves; Traveltime; Velocity

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HETEROGENEITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036320864     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00657-X     Document Type: Article

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