Reflection properties of the core-mantle boundary from global stacks of PcP and ScP

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Persh, Steven E ^a   Vidale, John E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; PcP; ScP; Ultralow velocity zones

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DENSITY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 3242763785     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002768     Document Type: Article

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