Locating scatterers in the mantle using array analysis of PKP precursors from an earthquake doublet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 22-31

  Cao, Aimin ^a   Romanowicz, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

back azimuth; PKP precursors; scatterers; slowness

Indexed keywords

MANTLE TOMOGRAPHIC MODELS; SEISMIC ARRAY; SUBDUCTED SLAB REMNANTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

ARRAY; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; WAVE SCATTERING; WAVE VELOCITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SASKATCHEWAN; YELLOWKNIFE;

EID: 33847041063     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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