Trans-Pacific temperature field in the mantle transition region derived from seismic and electromagnetic tomography

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 425-434

  Fukao, Yoshio ^a   Koyama, Takao ^b   Obayashi, Masayuki ^b   Utada, Hisashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic tomography; Hotspot; Seismic tomography; Subducted slab; Temperature anomaly

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; HOT SPOT; MANTLE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TRANSITION ZONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1642463820     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00610-1     Document Type: Article

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