Contrasts in mantle structure beneath Australia: Relation to Tasman Lines?

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 563-569

  Kennett, B L N ^a   Fishwick, S ^a   Reading, A M ^a   Rawlinson, N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Craton; Lithosphere; Seismology; Tasman Line

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8344245488     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1400-0952.2004.01075.x     Document Type: Article

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