Evidence for small-scale mantle convection in the upper mantle beneath the Baikal rift zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Gao, Stephen S ^a   Liu, Kelly H ^a   Davis, Paul M ^b   Slack, Phillip D ^b   Zorin, Yuliy A ^c   Mordvinova, Valentina V ^c   Kozhevnikov, Vladimir M ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Asthenosphere; Baikal rift; Lithosphere; Tomography

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

BAIKAL RIFT ZONE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 0041309776     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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