Nature of heterogeneity of the upper mantle beneath the northern Philippine Sea as inferred from attenuation and velocity tomography

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 331-341

  Shito, Azusa ^a   Shibutan, Takuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Chemical heterogeneity; Northern Philippine Sea; Upper mantle; Velocity; Water

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

(NORTH); PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 0344394317     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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