Seismic experiment reveals rifting of craton in Tanzania

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Volumn 77, Issue 51, 1996, Pages

  Nyblade, Andrew A ^a   Birt, Christopher ^b   Langston, Charles A ^a   Owens, Thomas J ^c   Last, Robert J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; CRUST; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MANTLE; RIFTING; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0030439909     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96EO00339     Document Type: Article

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