Geometry and P and S velocity structure of the "African Anomaly"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Wang, Yi ^a,b   Wen, Lianxing ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CGG   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; GEOMETRY; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE MODELING; WAVE VELOCITY;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; ASIA; CHINA; DRAKE PASSAGE; EAST AFRICA; EAST PACIFIC RISE; ETHIOPIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HINDU KUSH; IRAN; JIANGXI; KENYA; MIDDLE EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; XIN RIVER;

EID: 65349160313     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004483     Document Type: Article

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