A three-dimensional radially anisotropic model of shear velocity in the whole mantle

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 361-379

  Panning, Mark ^a   Romanowicz, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

D ; Radial anisotropy; Tomography; Transition zone; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DATA INVERSION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 33749369859     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03100.x     Document Type: Article

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