Searching for seismic scattering off mantle interfaces between 800 km and 2000 km depth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Castle, John C ^a   van der Hilst, Rob D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Composition; Discontinuity heat; Mantle; Seismology

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DISCONTINUITY LAYER; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SCATTERING;

EID: 18144442939     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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