Worldwide distribution of ages of the continental lithosphere derived from a global seismic tomographic model

Lithos

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 125-130

  Poupinet, G ^a   Shapiro, N M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Continental lithosphere; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRATON; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 61849182043     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.10.023     Document Type: Article

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