Steps in lithospheric thickness within eastern Australia, evidence from surface wave tomography

Tectonics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Fishwick, S ^a,b   Heintz, M ^a,c   Kennett, B L N ^a   Reading, A M ^a,d   Yoshizawa, K ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MODELING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE; VOLCANISM; WAVE VELOCITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 55949117272     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007TC002116     Document Type: Article

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