Crustal structure beneath southern Africa and its implications for the formation and evolution of the Kaapvaal and Zimbabwe cratons

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2501-2504

  Nguuri, T K ^a   Gore, J ^b   James, D E ^c   Webb, S J ^a   Wright, C ^a   Zengeni, T G ^b   Gwavava, O ^b   Snoke, J A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CRUSTAL SRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

AFRICA;

BROADBAND STATION; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; CRUST MANTLE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONS; RECEIVER FUNCTION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY CONTRASTS; ZIMBABWE CRATON;

EID: 0035391597     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012587     Document Type: Article

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