Inferring upper-mantle temperatures from seismic velocities

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 197-222

  Cammarano, Fabio ^a   Goes, Saskia ^a   Vacher, Pierre ^b   Giardini, Domenico ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Elasticity and anelasticity; Seismic velocities; Thermal structure; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; ELASTICITY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0142199484     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(03)00156-0     Document Type: Article

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