Probability density functions for radial anisotropy: Implications for the upper 1200 km of the mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 151-162

  Beghein, Caroline ^a   Trampert, Jeannot ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Likelihood; Radial anisotropy; Transition zone; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0346335819     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00575-2     Document Type: Article

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