Upper mantle structure of the Kaapvaal craton from surface wave analysis - A second look

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Saltzer, Rebecca L ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DISPERSION (WAVES); EARTHQUAKES; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SURFACE WAVES;

DISPERSION MEASUREMENTS; EPICENTRAL DISTANCES; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; LOW VELOCITY LAYERS; MEASURE FREQUENCY; SURFACE-WAVE ANALYSIS; UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0037088830     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013702     Document Type: Article

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