AusMoho: The variation of Moho depth in Australia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 946-958

  Kennett, B L N ^a   Salmon, M ^a   Saygin, E ^a   Group, Ausmoho Working ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Body waves; Broad band seismometers; Controlled source seismology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; AUSTRALIA; BODY WAVES; BROAD BANDS; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; CONTROLLED SOURCE SEISMOLOGY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA COVERAGE; DATA SETS; FOLD BELTS; IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT; MOHO DEPTH; MULTIPLE ESTIMATES; MULTIPLE SOURCE; NEW RESULTS; OFF-SHORE; PALAEOZOIC; PILBARA; PORTABLE RECEIVERS; PROTEROZOIC; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; REMOTE AREAS; SANDY DESERTS; SHARP CONTRAST; SIMPSON; SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA;

ARID REGIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

BODY WAVE; BROADBAND DATA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPTH DETERMINATION; FOLD BELT; MOHO; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80054701954     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05194.x     Document Type: Article

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