Age-dependent seismic thickness and mechanical strength of the Australian lithosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 24-1-24-4

  Simons, Frederik J ^a   van der Hilst, Rob D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EARTH CRUST;

GEOPHYSICS;

AGE DETERMINATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ELASTIC PROPERTY; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMICITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036624099     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014962     Document Type: Article

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