Upper mantle seismic velocity structure beneath Tanzania, east Africa: Implications for the stability of cratonic lithosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 21201-21213

  Ritsema, Jeroen ^a,b   Nyblade, Andrew A ^c   Owens, Thomas J ^a   Langston, Charles A ^c   VanDecar, John C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0032505275     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01274     Document Type: Article

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