Geographic boundary of the "Pacific Anomaly" and its geometry and transitional structure in the north

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  He, Yumei ^a   Wen, Lianxing ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; S-WAVE; SH-WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84867018126     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009436     Document Type: Article

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