Using ScP precursors to search for mantle structures beneath 1800 km depth

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Castle, John C ^a   van der Hilst, Rob D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; EARTHQUAKES;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY (CMB); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DETECTION THRESHOLD; IMPEDANCE CONTRAST; MINERALOGICAL PHASIS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; TELESEISMIC WAVEFORMS; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY;

DISCONTINUITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; PEROVSKITE; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 0042385022     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016023     Document Type: Article

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