Constraints on localized core-mantle boundary structure from multichannel, broadband SKS coda analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Rondenay, Stéphane ^a   Fischer, Karen M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband SKS coda; CMB; Lower mantle; Multichannel processing

Indexed keywords

CODA; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 1642277984     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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