P- and S-wave reflectors in D′ beneath southeast Asia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1080-1092

  Chaloner, Jeremy W ^a   Thomas, Christine ^a   Rietbrock, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Body waves; Mantle processes

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; MANTLE PROCESS; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMICITY; SLAB; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 70350356672     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04328.x     Document Type: Article

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