Comment on 'banana-doughnut kernels and mantle tomography' by van der Hilst and de Hoop

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1204-1210

  Montelli, R ^a,b   Nolet, G ^a   Dahlen, F A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global seismology; Plumes; Sensitivity; Tomography; Travel time

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; P-WAVE; RAY TRACING; SEISMOLOGY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 33845285863     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03210.x     Document Type: Article

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