Analysis of waves converted from S to P in the upper mantle beneath the Baltic Shield

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 37-46

  Olsson, Sverker ^a   Roberts, Roland G ^a   Bödvarsson, Reynir ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

asthenosphere; Baltic Shield; converted waves; lithosphere; receiver functions

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONVERTED WAVES; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; REVERBERATION; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SEISMIC WAVES;

P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

BALTIC SHIELD; EURASIA;

EID: 34247133505     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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