Modeling the ratios of SKKS and SKS amplitudes with ultra-low velocity zones at the core-mantle boundary

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Yang ^a   Ritsema, Jeroen ^a   Thorne, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE RATIOS; CONCOMITANT REDUCTION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GLOBAL PATTERNS; INDONESIA; MOVEOUT; NORTH AMERICAN; SHEAR VELOCITIES; SOUTH AMERICA; ULTRALOW VELOCITY ZONE; WAVE FORMS;

EARTHQUAKES;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; S-WAVE; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 72049092001     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040030     Document Type: Article

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