Anisotropic stratification beneath Africa from joint inversion of SKS and P receiver functions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Obrebski, M ^a,b   Kiselev, S ^c   Vinnik, L ^c   Montagner, J P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASTHENOSPHERE; BODY WAVE; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LITHOSPHERE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STRATIFICATION; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

CONGO CRATON; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; TANZANIA CRATON;

EID: 77957740235     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006923     Document Type: Article

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