Simultaneous inversion for mantle shear velocity and topography of transition zone discontinuities

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 559-583

  Gu, Yu J ^a   Dziewoński, Adam M ^a   Ekström, Göran ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discontinuities; Inversion; Phase transitions; Subduction

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSITION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0042624736     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01967.x     Document Type: Article

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