Southern African crustal evolution and composition: Constraints from receiver function studies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Nair, Shaji K ^a   Gao, Stephen S ^a   Liu, Kelly H ^a   Silver, Paul G ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; SEISMIC METHOD;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33645465941     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003802     Document Type: Article

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