The seismic structure of Wilkes Land/ Terre Adelie, East Antarctica and comparison with Australia: First steps in reconstructing the deep lithosphere of Gondwana

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-30

  Reading, Anya M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; East Antarctica; Gondwana; Receiver function; Seismic structure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GONDWANA; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ADELIE COAST; ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; WILKES LAND;

EID: 0742284932     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70303-8     Document Type: Article

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