Poisson's ratio in the lower mantle beneath Alaska: Evidence for compositional heterogeneity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Saltzer, Rebecca L ^a   Stutzmann, Eléonore ^b   van der Hilst, Robert D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Composition; Poisson's ratio; Tomography

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; LOWER MANTLE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644260185     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002712     Document Type: Article

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