A new global model for P wave speed variations in Earth's mantle

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Li, Chang ^a   Van Der Hilst, Robert D ^a   Engdahl, E Robert ^b   Burdick, Scott ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle; P wave speed; Seismic tomography; Traveltimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649100065     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001806     Document Type: Article

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