Seismic boundaries in the mantle beneath Iceland: A new constraint on temperature

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 533-538

  Vinnik, L P ^a   Foulger, G R ^b   Du, Z ^c  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hotspot; Iceland; Mantle; Receiver functions

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; WORLD;

EID: 15044339969     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02529.x     Document Type: Article

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