Seismological signature of chemical differentiation of Earth's upper mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Matsukage, Kyoko N ^a   Nishihara, Yu ^b   Karato, Shun Ichiro ^c  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 31544447454     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003504     Document Type: Article

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