Receiver function search for a baby plume in the mantle transition zone beneath the Bohemian Massif

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 577-594

  Heuer, Barbara ^a   Geissler, Wolfram H ^b   Kind, Rainer ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body waves; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Intra plate processes; Mantle processes

Indexed keywords

410-KM DISCONTINUITY; BODY WAVES; COMMON-CONVERSION POINTS; EARTHQUAKE SWARMS; FREE GAS; HIGH QUALITY; INTRA-PLATE PROCESSES; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PROCESSES; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; PLUME-LIKE STRUCTURE; RECEIVER FUNCTION METHOD; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; TOMOGRAPHIC; TRANSITION ZONES; UPPER MANTLE; UPPERMOST MANTLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTS; PIERCING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKES;

BODY WAVE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEISMIC DATA; STACKING; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

BOHEMIAN MASSIF;

EID: 80054703442     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05155.x     Document Type: Article

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