Crustal structure beneath two seismic broadband stations revealed from teleseismic P-wave receiver function analysis in the Virunga volcanic area, Western Rift Valley of Africa

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 820-828

  Tuluka, Georges Mavonga ^a,b  

^a Goma Volcano Observatory   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Receiver function; Virunga volcanic area; Western Rift Valley of Africa

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TRANSITION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; VIRUNGA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 78049494156     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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