Rayleigh wave tomography in the North Atlantic: High resolution images of the Iceland, Azores and Eifel mantle plumes

Lithos

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 453-474

  Pilidou, Sylvana ^a   Priestley, Keith ^a   Debayle, Eric ^b   Gudmundsson, Ólafur ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Azimuthal anisotropy; Azores; Eifel; Iceland; Mantle plumes; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Surface wave tomography

Indexed keywords

LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MANTLE PLUME; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SV-WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EIFEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; ICELAND; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PORTUGAL; RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE; RHINELAND-PALATINATE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11244349901     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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