Crustal and upper mantle S-wave velocity structure beneath the Bransfield Strait (West Antarctica) from regional surface wave tomography

Tectonophysics

Volumn 397, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 241-259

  Vuan, A ^a   Robertson Maurice, S D ^b   Wiens, D A ^c   Panza, G F ^d,e  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b Washington University of Saint Louis ^*  (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bransfield Strait; Continental crust; Rifting; S wave velocity; Surface wave tomography; Upper mantle; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE; TECTONOPHYSICS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; BRANSFIELD STRAIT; WORLD;

EID: 14644425310     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.12.011     Document Type: Article

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