Imaging the mantle transition zone beneath eastern and central China with CEArray receiver functions

Earthquake Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-75

  Wang, Xinling ^a   Niu, Fenglin ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

eastern and centeral China; mantle discontinuities; phase transition; receiver function

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952563962     PISSN: 16744519     EISSN: 18678777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-011-0770-x     Document Type: Article

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