Thermal variations in the mantle inferred from 660 km discontinuity topography and tomographic wave speed variations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 935-943

  Helffrich, George ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angular correlation functions; Core mantle boundary; Mantle discontinuities; Mantle structure; Mantle temperatures

Indexed keywords

MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0036900052     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01824.x     Document Type: Article

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