Converted waves reveal a thick and layered tectosphere beneath the Kalahari super-craton

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 404-415

  Wittlinger, Gérard ^a   Farra, Véronique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b IPG Paris   (France)

Author keywords

Kalahari craton tectosphere; S and P receiver functions imaging

Indexed keywords

CRATON TECTOSPHERE; MAGMA RESERVOIRS; WADSLEYITE ASSEMBLY;

OLIVINE; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BODY WAVE; CRATON; DISCONTINUITY; FLOOD BASALT; MAGMA CHAMBER; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SILICATE MELT; SURFACE WAVE;

AFRICA; KALAHARI CRATON; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846603688     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.048     Document Type: Article

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