D″ shear velocity heterogeneity, anisotropy and discontinuity structure beneath the Caribbean and Central America

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 219-242

  Garnero, Edward J ^a   Lay, Thorne ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Core mantle boundary; D ; Heterogeneity; Shear velocity

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DISCONTINUITY; HETEROGENEITY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0345119124     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.07.014     Document Type: Article

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