Investigation of a lower mantle shear wave triplication using a broadband array
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Investigation of a Lower Mantle Shear Wave Triplication Using a Broadband Array
SH signals recorded by an array of four broadband (Benioff 1-90) instruments, run by Caltech, are inspected for evidence of a lower mantle shear wave velocity discontinuity previously detected using WWSSN data. Deep focus earthquakes beneath Argentina span the distance range 78 ø to 82 ø from the array, where the triplication in the travel time curve produced by the discontinuity is expected to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/gl011i006p00620