The structure of the upper mantle beneath the Delamerian and Lachlan orogens from simultaneous inversion of multiple teleseismic datasets

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 788-799

  Rawlinson, N ^a   Kennett, B L N ^a   Vanacore, E ^a   Glen, R A ^b   Fishwick, S ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Geological Survey of New South Wales   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Delamerian Orogen; Lachlan Orogen; Lithosphere; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; DATA SET; DETACHMENT FAULT; OROGENY; P-WAVE; PALEOZOIC; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER MANTLE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952069242     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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