Mid-mantle layering from SKS receiver functions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Vinnik, L P ^a   Oreshin, S I ^a   Speziale, S ^b   Weber, M ^b,c  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; SEISMOLOGY; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

MANTLE DISCONTINUITIES; MANTLE LAYERING; MATRIX; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; S VELOCITY; S-RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC DATAS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; WESTERN EUROPE;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

MANTLE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PHASE TRANSITION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SILICA; STISHOVITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

AFRICA; EUROPE;

EID: 78650488671     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045323     Document Type: Article

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