Scattering objects in the lower mantle beneath northeastern China observed with a short-period seismic array

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-69

  Kito, Tadashi ^a   Shibutani, Takuo ^b   Hirahara, Kazuro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core matle boundary; Lower mantle; Seismic array

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SCATTERING; SEISMIC SURVEY;

CHINA;

EID: 0038005878     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(03)00080-3     Document Type: Article

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