Local variability in the 410-km mantle discontinuity under a hotspot

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 158-163

  Leahy, G M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

410 km discontinuity; mantle heterogeneity; mantle plumes; receiver functions

Indexed keywords

410 KM DISCONTINUITY; EARTH'S MANTLE; HIGH RESOLUTION ANALYSIS; HOT SPOT; IN-PHASE; LOCAL VARIATIONS; MANTLE DISCONTINUITIES; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE PLUMES; NATURAL VARIABILITY; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; SEISMIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WADSLEYITE;

OLIVINE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMAL PLUMES;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

HETEROGENEITY; HOT SPOT; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC WAVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

COOK ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; RAROTONGA;

EID: 70350783735     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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