Tectospheric structure beneath southern Africa

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2485-2488

  James, D E ^a   Fouch, M J ^a   VanDecar, J C ^b   van der Lee, S ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Nature   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SEISMIC WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BROAD-BAND DATA; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; HIGH VELOCITY; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; VELOCITY PERTURBATION; ZIMBABWE CRATON;

SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTOSPHERIC STRUCTURES;

CRATON; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0035391888     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012578     Document Type: Article

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