Detection of mantle earthquakes beneath the East African Rift

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Lindenfeld, Michael ^a   Rümpker, Georg ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Continental tectonics: extensional; Earthquake source observations; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CONTINENTAL TECTONICS; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEPTH RANGE; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; MAGMATIC PROCESS; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EARTHQUAKE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; MAGMATISM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; RWENZORI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79959226261     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05048.x     Document Type: Article

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