Xenolith constraints on seismic velocities in the upper mantle beneath southern Africa

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  James, D E ^a   Boyd, F R ^a   Schutt, D ^a,b,c   Bell, D R ^c   Carlson, R W ^a,b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craton; Geothermobarometry; Mantle xenoliths; Seismic velocity and density; Southern Africa; Tectosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143119557     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000551     Document Type: Article

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