Imaging the seismic lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary of the oceanic plate

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kumar, Prakash ^a,b   Kawakatsu, Hitoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

asthenosphere; LAB; receiver function

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ABRUPT DROPS; ASTHENOSPHERE; KEY ISSUES; LAB; LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OCEANIC PLATE; OCEANIC REGIONS; PLATE TECTONICS; RECEIVER FUNCTION; SEISMIC DATAS; UPPERMOST MANTLE; WAVE SPEED;

LABORATORIES;

ASTHENOSPHERE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 79551636108     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003358     Document Type: Article

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