Seismic ray path variations in a 3D global velocity model

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-166

  Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Lei, Jianshe ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mantle plumes; Ray tracing; Seismic discontinuity; Seismic tomography; Subducting slabs

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MOHO; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 1642447164     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.11.010     Document Type: Article

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