Upper mantle structure of shear-waves velocities and stratification of anisotropy in the Afar Hotspot region

Tectonophysics

Volumn 462, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 164-177

  Sicilia, D ^a   Montagner, J P ^a   Cara, M ^b   Stutzmann, E ^a   Debayle, E ^b   Lepine J C ^a   Leveque J J ^b   Beucler, E ^c   Sebai, A ^a   Roult, G ^a   Ayele, A ^d   Sholan, J M ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e Natl Seismological Observ Center   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Afar Hotspot; Anisotropy; Seismic tomography; Stratification; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOT SPOT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAM; STRATIFICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE VELOCITY;

AFAR; AFRICA; ALGERIA; CAMEROON; EAST AFRICA; HOGGAR; MOUNT CAMEROON; NORTH AFRICA; SAHARA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TIBESTI MASSIF; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 56549097624     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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