A seismological determination of the temperature gradient in D″ beneath the western Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Kuo, Ban Yuan ^a   Chen, Chin Wu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; SEISMIC DATA; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 22944470529     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003291     Document Type: Article

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