Shear-wave splitting in Ethiopia: Precambrian mantle anisotropy locally modified by Neogene rifting

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Gashawbeza, Ewenet M ^a   Klemperer, Simon L ^a   Nyblade, Andrew A ^b   Walker, Kristoffer T ^a,c   Keranen, Katie M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

0905 Exploration geophysics: Continental structures (8109, 8110); 0910 Exploration geophysics: Data processing; 7218 Seismology: Lithosphere and upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; POLARIZATION; SHEAR WAVES;

DELAY TIMES; MANTLE; RIFT AXIS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

MANTLE STRUCTURE; NEOGENE; OVERPRINTING; PRECAMBRIAN; RIFTING; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 10644269894     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020471     Document Type: Article

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