Detection of a D" discontinuity in the south Atlantic using PKKP

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Rost, Sebastian ^a   Revenaugh, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; VELOCITY CONTROL;

SUPERPLUMES; VELOCITY GRADIENT;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DETECTION METHOD; DISCONTINUITY; EARTH STRUCTURE; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 0344530858     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017585     Document Type: Article

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