Mantle transition zone thickness beneath Cameroon: Evidence for an upper mantle origin for the Cameroon Volcanic Line

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1146-1150

  Reusch, Angela Marie ^a   Nyblade, Andrew A ^a   Tibi, Rigobert ^b,e   Wiens, Douglas A ^b   Shore, Patrick J ^b   Bekoa, Ateba ^c   Tabod, Charles T ^d   Nnange, Joseph M ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute for Geological and Mining Research   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^e PC Rizzo Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Body waves; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Hotspots

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BODY WAVES; CAMEROON; EDGE FLOW; HOTSPOTS; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; THERMAL ANOMALIES; TRANSITION ZONES; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY MODEL;

VOLCANOES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BODY WAVE; CRATON; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

CAMEROON;

EID: 81555213486     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05239.x     Document Type: Article

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