Evidence for a compositional boundary within the lithospheric mantle beneath the Kalahari craton from S receiver functions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 600-609

  Savage, Brian ^a   Silver, Paul G ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craton; flood basalt; Karoo; lithosphere; metasomatism; seismology

Indexed keywords

(PL) PROPERTIES; BASALTIC MELTS; BOTSWANA; DISCONTINUOUS REDUCTION; ELSEVIER (CO); GENERAL (CO); HIGH TEMPERATURE (HT); INTENSE (CO); LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MANTLE XENOLITHS; MURCHISON; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; S RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; VOLATILE ENRICHMENT; XENOCRYSTS; ZIMBABWE;

INFILTRATION; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEEPAGE; SEISMIC WAVES; SOIL MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CRATON; FLOOD BASALT; INFILTRATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METASOMATISM; MOHO; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC SETTING; XENOLITH;

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

EID: 48149109436     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.05.026     Document Type: Article

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