Vertical coherence in mantle heterogeneity from global seismic data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Boschi, L ^a,b   Becker, T W ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D REGION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHEAR FLOW;

DELAY TIME; DEPTH RANGE; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATAS; VERTICAL COHERENCE;

SEISMIC WAVES;

GLOBAL CHANGE; HETEROGENEITY; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MASS TRANSPORT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RESOLUTION; SEISMIC DATA; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80055003156     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049281     Document Type: Article

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