Velocity structure of the continental upper mantle: Evidence from southern Africa

Lithos

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 45-56

  Priestley, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental upper mantle; Southern Africa; Velocity structure

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033402417     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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