Shear velocity variation within the D″ region beneath the central Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Avants, Megan ^a   Lay, Thorne ^a   Gonzalez, Sara Russell ^b,c   Garnero, Edward J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Weston Geophysical Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 33745762051     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003270     Document Type: Article

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