Complexity of D″ in the presence of slab-debris and phase changes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Sun, Daoyuan ^a   Song, Teh Ru Alex ^a   Helmberger, Don ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TOMOGRAPHY;

MANTLE; PHASE BOUNDARY; S-WAVE TRIPLICATION; SLAB-DEBRIS;

GEOPHYSICS;

LOWER MANTLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750634143     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025384     Document Type: Article

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