Isotropy or weak vertical transverse isotropy in D" beneath the Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Garnero, Edward J ^a   Moore, Melissa M ^a   Lay, Thorne ^b   Fouch, Matthew J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Core mantle boundary; Lower mantle

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 7044224865     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003004     Document Type: Article

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