On the upper mantle beneath the Kenya Rift

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 579-592

  Masotti, R ^a,c   Maguire, P K H ^a,d   Mechie, J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kenya Rift; Seismic modelling; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

MANTLE (UPPER); RIFT; SEISMIC SURVEY;

KENYA, KENYA RIFT; KENYA, LAKE VICTORIA;

EID: 0030481153     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05311.x     Document Type: Article

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