Global P-wave tomography: On the effect of various mantle and core phases

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-69

  Lei, Jianshe ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Global tomography; Hotspot; ISC data; Mantle and core phases; Mantle plume; Subducting slab

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

GLOBAL TOMOGRAPHY; HOTSPOT; MANTLE AND CORE PHASES; MANTLE PLUME; SUBDUCTING SLAB;

SEISMOLOGY;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 30744448970     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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