Anisotropic structure of the African upper mantle from Rayleigh and Love wave tomography

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 48-62

  Sebai, Amal ^a,b   Stutzmann, Eléonore ^a   Montagner, Jean Paul ^a   Sicilia, Déborah ^a   Beucler, Eric ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Craton; Hotspot; Surface waves; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CRATON; GEODYNAMICS; HOTSPOT; UPPER MANTLE;

GEOPHYSICS;

MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; UPPER MANTLE;

AFRICA;

EID: 33644908014     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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