Upper mantle structure of the Saharan Metacraton

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 328-336

  Abdelsalam, Mohamed G ^a   Gao, Stephen S ^a   Liégeois, Jean Paul ^b  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Convective removal; Delamination; Metacratonization; Saharan Metacraton; Upper mantle structure

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; DEFORMATION; DELAMINATION; EMPLACEMENT; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PROTEROZOIC; S-WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE VELOCITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 79957668596     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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