A comparison of tomographic and geodynamic mantle models

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-48

  Becker, Thorsten W ^a   Boschi, Lapo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; Mantle convection; Seismic structure; Subduction history; Tomography

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; SEISMOLOGY;

GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN; MANTLE CONVECTION; RADIAL CORRELATION; REFERENCE MODELS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL WAVELENGTHS; SPHERICAL HARMONIC EXPANSIONS; SUBDUCTION MODEL;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84861880544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GC000168     Document Type: Article

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