Constraining large-scale mantle heterogeneity using mantle and inner-core sensitive normal modes

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 113-124

  Ishii, Miaki ^a   Tromp, Jeroen ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Normal modes; Seismic tomography; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 3042772997     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.06.012     Document Type: Article

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