The shear-wave velocity structure in the upper mantle beneath Eurasia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 978-992

  Kustowski, B ^a,c   Ekstrom G ^b   Dziewonski A M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Europe; Seismic tomography; Surface waves and free oscillations; Tomography

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EURASIA;

EID: 50649090506     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03865.x     Document Type: Article

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