Recent evidence concerning the structure and composition of the Earth's mantle

Finite Elastic Strain of Cubic Crystals

1947 • 5,716 citations

Elasticity and constitution of the Earth's interior

1952 • 2,473 citations

The dispersion of surface waves on multilayered media*

1953 • 2,011 citations

The dispersion of surface waves on multilayered media

1990 • 1,984 citations

Transmission of Elastic Waves through a Stratified Solid Medium

1950 • 1,871 citations

Long-wave elastic anisotropy produced by horizontal layering

1962 • 1,690 citations

On Waves Propagated along the Plane Surface of an Elastic Solid

1885 • 1,687 citations

Finite Deformations of an Elastic Solid

1937 • 1,272 citations

ELASTIC WAVES THROUGH A PACKING OF SPHERES

1951 • 1,122 citations

Dispersive body waves

1962 • 1,120 citations

Physical Acoustics and the Properties of Solids

1956 • 744 citations

The Effect of Pressure Upon the Elastic Parameters of Isotropic Solids, According to Murnaghan's Theory of Finite Strain

1938 • 627 citations

WAVE PROPAGATION IN A STRATIFIED MEDIUM

1955 • 613 citations

Seismic waves and earth structure in the Canadian shield

1963 • 446 citations

Elasticity of some high-density crystals

1960 • 401 citations

Researches in geochemistry

1959 • 361 citations

Elastic wave propagation in layered anisotropic media

1961 • 356 citations

A model for the upper mantle

1962 • 330 citations

Composition of the Earth's Mantle

1961 • 327 citations

Stishovite, SiO₂, a very high pressure new mineral from Meteor Crater, Arizona

1962 • 325 citations

The Influence of Initial Stress on Elastic Waves

1940 • 294 citations

Composition of the Earth's Mantle

1937 • 292 citations

Study of shear-velocity distribution in the upper mantle by mantle Rayleigh waves

1960 • 287 citations

Calculations on the thermal history of the Earth

1959 • 268 citations

Elastic Waves in Anisotropic Media

1956 • 234 citations

Mineralogical constitution of the deep mantle

1962 • 222 citations

OROGENESIS AND DEEP CRUSTAL STRUCTURE—ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE FROM SEISMOLOGY1

1954 • 221 citations

A New Dense Crystalline Silica

1953 • 199 citations

Surface waves on a spherical Earth: 1. Upper mantle structure from Love waves

1963 • 183 citations

Progress in very high pressure research

1961 • 174 citations

A study of the free oscillations of the Earth

1961 • 167 citations

THE TIMES OFP, SANDSKS, AND THE VELOCITIES OFPANDS

1939 • 162 citations

The internal structure of the MMPI.

1951 • 154 citations

Attenuation of Small Amplitude Stress Waves in Solids

1958 • 154 citations

Mineral assemblages in a model mantle composition

1963 • 151 citations

THE SEISMOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF AEOLOTROPY IN CONTINENTAL STRUCTURE

1949 • 142 citations

Heat Flow through the Deep Sea Floor

1956 • 141 citations

S and the Structure of the Upper Mantle

1961 • 140 citations

Regional variations in Pn velocity and their effect on the location of epicenters

1962 • 135 citations

Temperature-Dependent Equations of State of Solids

1957 • 131 citations

Shallow and deep earthquakes

1932 • 130 citations

The electrical properties of the earth's interior

1959 • 128 citations

DISPERSIVE PROPERTIES OF STRATIFIED ELASTIC AND LIQUID MEDIA: A RAY THEORY

1953 • 126 citations

Pressure Variation of the Elastic Constants of Sodium

1960 • 125 citations

The constitution of the mantle—II

1958 • 122 citations

A simplified method for the analysis and synthesis of dispersed wave trains

1960 • 122 citations

An experimental study of the formation and properties of synthetic serpentines and related layer silicate minerals

1954 • 116 citations

The propagation of elastic waves in crystals and other anisotropic media

1959 • 113 citations

High pressure studies of the system Mg 2 GeO 4 Mg 2 SiO 4 with special reference to the olivine-spinel traansition

1960 • 111 citations

Thermal History of the Earth with consideration of the Variable Thermal Conductivity of its Mantle

1958 • 110 citations

Attenuation, dispersion, and the wave guide of the G wave

1958 • 107 citations

An investigation of mantle Rayleigh waves*

1954 • 104 citations

THE TIMES OF THE CORE WAVES

1939 • 104 citations

On the internal constitution of the inner planets

1962 • 104 citations

Propagation of Rayleigh Waves in the Earth

1961 • 103 citations

Phase and group velocities of Rayleigh waves in a spherical, gravitating Earth

1961 • 102 citations

Leaking modes and the PL phase

1960 • 100 citations

The polar phase shift of surface waves on a sphere

1961 • 98 citations

Propagation of Rayleigh Waves in the Earth

1937 • 95 citations

Propagation of elastic waves in a floating ice sheet

1951 • 94 citations

The Montana earthquake of June 28, 1925, G.M.C.T.

1926 • 90 citations

Seismic Evidence for Crustal Structure and Tectonic Activity

2013 • 90 citations

Gutenberg's Early Pkp observations

1962 • 88 citations

Normal modes of continental surface waves

1958 • 84 citations

The propagation of earthquake waves

1923 • 79 citations

LOVE WAVE DISPERSION IN HETEROGENEOUS ANISOTROPIC MEDIA

1962 • 78 citations

Equation of state and conduction bands of iron at high pressures

1962 • 78 citations

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE AND SURFACE-WAVE DISPERSION

1955 • 77 citations

Leaking modes in the crustal waveguide: 1. The oceanicPLwave

1961 • 76 citations

INVESTIGATION OF SHEAR WAVES

1956 • 75 citations

Source-mechanism from spectra of long-period seismic surface-waves: 1. The Mongolian earthquake of December 4, 1957

1962 • 74 citations

On the Surface Waves of Earthquakes.

1925 • 73 citations

The asthenosphere low-velocity layer

2012 • 71 citations

Seismic investigation of crustal structure in the eastern part of the basin and range province

1960 • 67 citations

Small Corrections in the Theory of Surface Waves

1961 • 66 citations

Mantle Rayleigh waves from the Kamchatka earthquake of November 4, 1952*

1954 • 66 citations

Free oscillations of the Earth: 1. Toroidal oscillations

1960 • 65 citations

Propagation of leaking interface waves

1961 • 65 citations

A model for the upper mantle: 2.

1962 • 65 citations

The Flow of Heat through the Floor of the Atlantic Ocean

1937 • 64 citations

Elastic Wave Velocities in Laminated Media

1955 • 64 citations

Velocities of mantle Love and Rayleigh waves over multiple paths

1963 • 63 citations

Crustal structure in Japan from the phase velocity of Rayleigh waves

1962 • 59 citations

The earthquake of July 6, 1934: Amplitudes and First Motion.*

1938 • 55 citations

An Equation of State for the Core of the Earth

1960 • 54 citations

Rigidity of the Earth's Core

1956 • 53 citations

A fast, convenient program for computation of surface-wave dispersion curves in multilayered media

1961 • 50 citations

The Olivine–Spinel Transition in the Earth's Mantle

1956 • 50 citations

Study of shear velocity distribution in the upper mantle by mantle Rayleigh and Love waves

1962 • 47 citations

Long-period surface waves from the Chilean Earthquake of May 22, 1960, recorded on linear strain seismographs

1961 • 47 citations

THE SURFACE WAVES OF EARTHQUAKES.

1935 • 47 citations

The AMSOC hole to the Earth's mantle

1959 • 46 citations

Seismic wave travel times from nuclear explosions

1958 • 46 citations

High-pressure transition of MgGeO₃from pyroxene to corundum structure

1962 • 46 citations

THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH DOWN TO THE 20° DISCONTINUITY.

1936 • 45 citations

The travel times of the longitudinal waves of the Logan and Blanca atomic explosions and their velocities in the upper mantle

1962 • 45 citations

Upper Mantle Structure under Oceans and Continents from Rayleigh Waves

1961 • 45 citations

Measurement ofQfor very long period free oscillations

1961 • 43 citations

VELOCITY ANISOTROPY IN STRATIFIED MEDIA

1955 • 43 citations

Rayleigh-wave evidence for the low-velocity zone in the mantle

1959 • 43 citations

The Nature of the Mohorovi?� Discontinuity

1961 • 42 citations

Seismic Ray Theory

1961 • 41 citations

Rayleigh wave dispersion in the Pacific Ocean for the period range 20 to 140 seconds

1962 • 41 citations

Attenuation and dispersion ofGwaves

1962 • 40 citations

The densities of compounds at high pressures and the state of the Earth's interior

1954 • 40 citations

THE TIMES OF P AND S IN NORTHEASTERN AMERICA

2012 • 38 citations

On the determination of the polarization angle of the S wave

1962 • 38 citations

Eigenvibrations of the Earth observed at Trieste

1962 • 38 citations

Synthesis and optical crystallography, of stishovite, a very high pressure polymorph of SiO₂

1962 • 37 citations

An ultrasonic interferometer for high-pressure research

1962 • 35 citations

Rayleigh wave dispersion in the period range 10 to 500 seconds

1956 • 35 citations

The strain of a gravitating sphere of variable density and elasticity

1920 • 34 citations

Mantle shear wave velocities determined from oceanic Love and Rayleigh wave dispersion

1962 • 34 citations

Crustal structure in Nevada and southern Idaho from nuclear explosions

1963 • 33 citations

Steady-state calculations bearing on geological implications of a phase-transition mohorovicic discontinuity

1961 • 33 citations

An investigation of the earth's free oscillations

1961 • 31 citations

Seismology and the broad structure of the earth's interior

1956 • 31 citations

L'ASTENOSFERA COME CANALE-GUIDA DELL'ENERGIA SISMICA

2012 • 30 citations

THE TIMES OFPIN JAPANESE AND EUROPEAN EARTHQUAKES

1954 • 30 citations

Discontinuities in the earth's upper mantle as indicated by reflected seismic energy

1961 • 30 citations

Green's Function for Eigenvalue Problems and the Inversion of Love Wave Dispersion Data

1961 • 30 citations

The Earth’s Interior

1956 • 30 citations

Velocities of P and S waves calculated from the observed travel times of the Long Beach earthquake*

1936 • 29 citations

Ultrasonic observation of the calcite-aragonite transition

1963 • 28 citations

ON DENSITY AND COMPRESSIBILITY AT PRESSURES UP TO THIRTY MILLION ATMOSPHERES

1952 • 26 citations

The attenuation of waves in a dispersive medium

1962 • 24 citations

Long-period love waves in a heterogeneous, spherical Earth

1962 • 23 citations

Olivine–Spinel Transition on Nickel Orthosilicate

1960 • 23 citations

Rayleigh Wave Dispersion and Crustal Structure in the Eastern Pacific and Indian Oceans

1961 • 22 citations

Recent information on the earth's interior from studies of mantle waves and eigenvibrations

1964 • 22 citations

Calcul de la dispersion des ondes de Love de grande période à la surface de la Terre

1960 • 22 citations

An analysis of the S-wave

1930 • 22 citations

Surface heat flow from a differentiated Earth

1961 • 21 citations

Toroidal oscillations of the moon

1962 • 21 citations

Numerical integration of the equation of motion for surface waves in a medium with arbitrary variation of material constants

1959 • 21 citations

The Alaskan earthquake of July 22, 1937*

1940 • 20 citations

NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS FOR LOVE WAVE DISPERSION ON A HALF‐SPACE WITH DOUBLE SURFACE LAYER

1959 • 20 citations

Free spheroidal vibrations of the earth at very long periods, Part II— effect of rigidity of the inner core

1963 • 20 citations

Travel times to Australian stations from Pacific nuclear explosions in 1958

1963 • 19 citations

Rayleigh Wave Dispersion and Crustal Structure in the Eastern Pacific and Indian Oceans

1937 • 17 citations

On the Nature of the 20°—Discontinuity in the Earth’s Mantle

1958 • 16 citations

On the Group Velocity of Dispersive Surface Waves.

1951 • 16 citations

SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR GEOPHYSICS OF HIGH-PRESSURE PHENOMENA*

1951 • 15 citations

Crustal structure of Pacific Ocean area from dispersion of Rayleigh waves

1963 • 15 citations

Earth's Central Density

1962 • 14 citations

Internal structure of the Earth

2010 • 14 citations

Partial Differential Equations and Continuum Mechanics

1962 • 14 citations

SOME TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF REFRACTION SEISMIC PROSPECTING IN THE SAHARA

1961 • 13 citations

Group and Phase Velocities for Rayleigh Waves of Period Greater than 380 Seconds

1961 • 13 citations

A reinterpretation of phase velocity data based on the gnome travel time curves

1962 • 13 citations

Crustal structure in Nevada and southern Idaho from nuclear explosions

1962 • 12 citations

Seismic Wave Velocities in the New Guinea-Solomon Islands Region

2011 • 11 citations

Observation des oscillations propres de la terre

1962 • 11 citations

On the Nature of the 20°-Discontinuity in the Earth's Mantle

1958 • 11 citations

The particle motion of the S wave

1959 • 11 citations

Rigidity of the Earth's core and fundamental oscillations of the Earth

1963 • 11 citations

Finite Strain Theory and the Earth's Interior

1958 • 11 citations

The rigidity of the Earth’s inner core

2010 • 11 citations

The oscillations of the Earth

1961 • 10 citations

On the Interpretation of Pd

1958 • 10 citations

THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE GRADIENT AND VARIATION OF COMPOSITION IN THE MANTLE ON THE COMPUTATION OF DENSITY VALUES IN EARTH MODEL A

1956 • 9 citations

On Processes of Heat Transfer in the Earth's Mantle

1960 • 8 citations

STUDY OF A SERIES OF JAPANESE EARTHQUAKES

1955 • 8 citations

Is The Layer C (413-1000km) Inhomogeneous?

1955 • 8 citations

SULLA MISURA DELLA VELOCITA' DI GRUPPO DELLE ONDE SISMICHE SUPERFICIALI

2012 • 7 citations

Inversion of surface wave dispersion data

1964 • 7 citations

On the Variation in Bulk Modulus/Density in the Mantle.

1956 • 5 citations

The Dispersion of Rayleigh Waves in Heterogeneous Media

1957 • 5 citations

On the Processes of Heat Transfer in Earth's Mantle

2011 • 1 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations