Anisotropic tomography of the Atlantic Ocean

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 237-248

  Silveira, Graça ^a,b   Stutzmann, Eléonore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Atlantic ocean; Hot spots; Mid atlantic ridge; Surface waves; Tomography

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037108240     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(02)00076-6     Document Type: Article

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