Seismic structure of the upper mantle beneath the southern Kenya Rift from wide-angle data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 278, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 243-260

  Byrne, G F ^a   Jacob, A W B ^b   Mechie, J ^c   Dindi, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Kenya; P wave velocities; Rifting; Tectonics; Upper mantle; Wide angle reflections

Indexed keywords

RIFT; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TECTONICS; UPPER MANTLE;

KENYA, KENYA RIFT;

EID: 0031413066     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00106-6     Document Type: Article

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