Transition zone structure under a stationary hot spot: Cape Verde

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 156-161

  Helffrich, George ^a   Faria, Bruno ^b,c   Fonseca, João F B D ^c   Lodge, Alexandra ^a   Kaneshima, Satoshi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofisica Delegacao de Sao Vicente   (Cape Verde)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cape Verde; hot spot; receiver function; transition zone

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CAPE VERDE; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HOT SPOT; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; S-RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; STATIONARY HOT SPOTS; THERMAL ANOMALIES; TRANSITION ZONES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BROADBAND DATA; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DISCONTINUITY; HOT SPOT; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SURVEY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

CAPE VERDE;

EID: 73149085760     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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