Aspherical structure of the core‐mantle boundary from PKP travel times

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 1986, Pages 1497-1500

  Creager, Kenneth C ^a   Jordan, Thomas H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84967849252     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/GL013i013p01497     Document Type: Article

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