Thick and anisotropic D″ layer beneath Antarctic Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Usui, Yusuke ^a   Hiramatsu, Yoshihiro ^a   Furumoto, Muneyoshi ^a   Kanao, Masaki ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Natural Institute of Polar Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SHEAR WAVES; TECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTIC OCEAN; SUBDUCTION; WAVEFORM MODELING;

SEISMOLOGY;

MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 24944547346     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022622     Document Type: Article

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