Upper mantle structure of the South American continent and neighboring oceans from surface wave tomography

Tectonophysics

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 115-139

  Heintz, Maggy ^a,b   Debayle, Eric ^c   Vauchez, Alain ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Cratonic roots; South American continent; Subduction; Surface wave higher modes; Tomography; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE;

SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23844442175     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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