The deep structure of the Australian continent from surface wave tomography

Lithos

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 17-43

  Simons, Frederik J ^a   Zielhuis, Alet ^a   Van Der Hilst, Rob D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Broadband data; Continental lithosphere; Rayleigh wave; SKIPPY project; Waveform tomography

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND DATA; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033378615     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00041-9     Document Type: Article

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