High resolution CMB imaging from migration of short-period core reflected phases

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 143-150

  Rost, Sebastian ^a   Thomas, Christine ^b   Suetsugu, Daisuke ^b   Bina, Craig ^b   Inoue, Toru ^b   Wiens, Douglas ^b   Jellinek, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Array seismology; Core mantle boundary; D discontinuity; Mantle dynamics; Migration; Ultra low velocity zones

Indexed keywords

ARRAY SEISMOLOGY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE DYNAMICS; MIGRATION; ULTRALOW VELOCITY ZONE;

SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SILICATES;

VELOCITY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE PROCESS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; CANADA; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; UNITED STATES; YELLOWKNIFE;

EID: 78649442385     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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