A complex 660 km discontinuity beneath northeast China

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 63-71

  Ai, Yinshuang ^a   Zheng, Tianyu ^a   Xu, Weiwei ^a   He, Yumei ^a   Dong, Dan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Northeast China; Phase change; Receiver functions; Slab; The 660 km discontinuity

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

CHINA;

EID: 0037962414     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00266-8     Document Type: Article

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