The upper mantle discontinuity structure beneath easthern China

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2003, Pages

  Ai, Yinshuang ^a   Zheng, Tianyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STACKING FAULTS;

COMPLEX STRUCTURES; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GARNET; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MINERAL ALTERATION; PEROVSKITE; SEISMOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 1642309813     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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