Low-velocity zone atop the 410-km seismic discontinuity in the northwestern United States

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6974, 2004, Pages 530-533

  Song, Teh Ru Alex ^a   Helmberger, Don V ^a   Grand, Stephen P ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEISMIC WAVES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

LOW-VELOCITY ZONES; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITY;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; VOLCANO; WATER CONTENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SIO;

EID: 1142310939     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02231     Document Type: Article

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