Relationship between the upper mantle high velocity seismic lid and the continental lithosphere

Lithos

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 112-124

  Priestley, Keith ^a   Tilmann, Frederik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Body waves; Lithosphere; Surface waves; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BODY WAVE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 62049085787     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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