The deep lithospheric structure of the Namibian volcanic margin

Tectonophysics

Volumn 481, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 68-81

  Fernandez M ^a   Afonso, J C ^a,b   Ranalli, G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depletion; Lithosphere; Mantle composition; Mantle density; Namibia; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DIFFERENCE; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DERIVED DATA; GEOID HEIGHTS; LITHOSPHERE MANTLE; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; MANTLE TEMPERATURES; MINERAL PHYSICS; NAMIBIA; NON THERMAL EFFECT; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PHASE CHANGE; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SURFACE HEAT FLOW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANIC MARGIN; WIDE ANGLE;

OCEAN CURRENTS; PETROGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE; MODELING; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

NAMIBIA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 72149101881     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.02.036     Document Type: Article

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