Crustal thinning beneath the Rwenzori region, Albertine rift, Uganda, from receiver-function analysis

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1545-1557

  Wölbern, Ingo ^a   Rumpker G ^a   Schumann, A ^b   Muwanga, A ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Crust; East African Rift System; Lithosphere; Receiver functions; Rwenzori mountains

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THINNING; DATA INVERSION; LITHOSPHERE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; RWENZORI MOUNTAINS; UGANDA; WESTERN RIFT;

EID: 77957960082     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0509-2     Document Type: Article

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