The state of the upper mantle beneath southern Africa

Tectonophysics

Volumn 416, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 101-112

  Priestley, Keith ^a   McKenzie, Dan ^a   Debayle, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Kimberlite nodules; Lithosphere; Southern Africa; Surface waves; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MODEL; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33645885310     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.11.024     Document Type: Article

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