A scattering region near the core-mantle boundary under the North Atlantic

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 625-636

  Brana, Luisa ^a,b   Helffrich, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Array; Core mantle boundary; P waves; Scattering

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; P-WAVE; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE SCATTERING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 4344601322     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02306.x     Document Type: Article

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