Whole mantle discontinuity structure beneath Hawaii

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Courtier, Anna M ^a   Bagley, Brian ^a   Revenaugh, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EARTHQUAKES; REVERBERATION; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY;

MANTLE ANISOTROPY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; VELOCITY ZONE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRANSITION ZONE; TRAVEL TIME;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948989686     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031006     Document Type: Article

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