A systematic search for mantle discontinuities using SS-precursors

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Deuss, Arwen ^a   Woodhouse, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

GLOBAL SEARCH; LEHMANN DISCONTINUITY; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITIES; OCEANIC AREA; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SYSTEMATIC SEARCHES; WEAK DISCONTINUITY;

REFLECTION;

EID: 0037092358     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014768     Document Type: Article

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