Core mantle boundary topography from short period PcP, PKP, and PKKP data

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-46

  Sze, Edmond K M ^a   van der Hilst, Robert D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core radius; Core mantle boundary topography; Excess ellipticity; PcP; PKKP; PKP

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DAMPING; P-WAVE; SEISMIC WAVE; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 0037440445     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(02)00204-2     Document Type: Article

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