Mantle reflectivity structure beneath oceanic hotspots

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1456-1472

  Gu, Yu Jeffrey ^a   An, Yuling ^a   Sacchi, Mauricio ^a   Schultz, Ryan ^a   Ritsema, Jeroen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body waves; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Dynamics: Convection currents, and mantle plumes; Hotspots; Inverse theory; Wave scattering and diffraction

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; RADON TRANSFORM; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 69149095798     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04242.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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