Average lithospheric structure of southern Africa

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 563-581

  Qiu, X ^a,b   Priestley, K ^a   McKenzie, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Precambrian; Southern Africa; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0030440836     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1996.tb04038.x     Document Type: Article

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