Shear wave velocity, seismic attenuation, and thermal structure of the continental upper mantle

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 607-628

  Artemieva, Irina M ^a,b   Billien, Magali ^b   Leveque, Jean Jacques ^b   Mooney, Walter D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre   (France)

Author keywords

Composition; Cratons; Lithosphere; Partial melts; Rayleigh waves; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CRATON; PARTIAL MELTING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 2542543533     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02195.x     Document Type: Article

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