Investigating the heterogeneity of the D″ region beneath the northern Pacific using a seismic array

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Thomas, Christine ^a   Heesom, Thomas ^a   Kendall, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D" discontinuity; Lower mantle; Seismic arrays techniques; Seismology

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DISCONTINUITY; HETEROGENEITY; LOWER MANTLE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038218054     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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