Rheological properties of the upper mantle of Northern Eurasia and nature of regional boundaries according to the data of long-range seismic profiles

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1016-1027

  Pavlenkova, N I ^a  

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

Author keywords

Deep fluids; Deep seismic research; Northern Eurasia; Rheology; The upper mantle

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; LITHOSPHERE; PARTIAL MELTING; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

EURASIA;

EID: 80052101964     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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