Small-scale ultralow-velocity zone structure imaged by ScP

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue B1, 2003, Pages

  Rost, Sebastian ^a   Revenaugh, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; ScP waves; Seismological Array; Ultralow velocity zone

Indexed keywords

WARRAMUNGA;

EID: 84864408631     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JB001627     Document Type: Article

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