What can seismology say about hotspots?

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 388, Issue , 2005, Pages 155-169

  Julian, Bruce R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle plumes; Mantle structure; Multiple ScS; Receiver function; Seismic tomography; Seismometer arrays

Indexed keywords

SEISMOGRAPHS; THERMAL PLUMES;

MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOMETER ARRAYS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ARRAY; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 84874974094     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2388-4.155     Document Type: Article

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