Scales of transient convective support beneath Africa

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 883-886

  Al Hajri, Yasir ^a,b   White, Nicky ^a   Fishwick, Stewart ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; EQUATORIAL AFRICA; INVERSE MODELING; LENGTH SCALE; LOWER MANTLE; MARINE DEPOSITS; NEOGENE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; OLIGOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TWO STAGE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

AFRICAN PLATE; DENUDATION; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; OLIGOCENE; UPLIFT;

AFRICA;

EID: 70350355130     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25703A.1     Document Type: Article

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