Seismic imaging of the laterally varying D′′ region beneath the Cocos Plate
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Michael S. Thorne, Thorne Lay, Edward J. Garnero, Gunnar Jahnke, Heiner Igel Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, USA. now at: Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6020, USA. Email: [email protected] Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Theresienstrasse 41, 80333 Munich, Germany. now at: Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources, Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hanover, Germany.
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