Global observations of mantle discontinuities using SS and PP precursors

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 30, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 301-326

  Deuss, Arwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mantle discontinuities; Precursors; Seismology; Stacking; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVES; BOOTSTRAP METHOD; COMMON DEPTH POINTS; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; GLOBAL OBSERVATION; GLOBAL SCALE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITIES; MINERAL PHYSICS; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; PRECURSORS; STACKING; TECHNIQUES USED; TRANSITION ZONE; TRANSITION ZONES;

MINERALS; MINING; SEISMOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS;

PUMPING PLANTS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOLOGY; STACKING; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 69249209712     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-009-9078-y     Document Type: Article

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