Constraining seismic velocity and density for the mantle transition zone with reflected and transmitted waveforms

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Lawrence, Jesse F ^a   Shearer, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discontinuity topography; Mantle structure; Mantle transition zone; Niching genetic algorithm; Phase transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049087493     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001339     Document Type: Article

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