Seismic tomography beneath stable tectonic regions and the origin and composition of the continental lithospheric mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 89-101

  Poupinet, Georges ^a   Arndt, Nicholas ^a   Vacher, Pierre ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Continental evolution; Lithosphere; Seismic structure; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CRATON; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037624082     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00258-9     Document Type: Article

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