Correlation between the shear-speed structure and thickness of the mantle transition zone

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 25-40

  Lebedev, Sergei ^a   Chevrot, Sébastien ^b   van der Hilst, R D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Clapeyron slopes; Converted waves; Discontinuities; Olivine; Receiver functions; Tomography

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE; OLIVINE; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 0037869298     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(03)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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