Multiscale finite-frequency Rayleigh wave tomography of the Kaapvaal craton

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 201-215

  Chevrot, S ^a   Zhao, L ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fr chet derivatives; Lithosphere; Mode coupling; Rayleigh waves; Tomography; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA INVERSION; LINEAMENT; LITHOSPHERE; METASOMATISM; MODELING; RAYLEIGH WAVE; TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVELET;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); KAAPVAAL CRATON; KIMBERLEY; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WITWATERSRAND;

EID: 34147102906     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03289.x     Document Type: Article

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