Seismic structure of the crust and uppermost mantle of the Capricorn and Paterson Orogens and adjacent cratons, Western Australia, from passive seismic transects

Precambrian Research

Volumn 196-197, Issue , 2012, Pages 295-308

  Reading, Anya M ^a,b   Tkalčić, Hrvoje ^b   Kennett, Brian L N ^b   Johnson, Simon P ^c   Sheppard, Stephen ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Mineral Resource Authority   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Capricorn Orogen; Crustal structure; Passive seismic; Paterson Orogen; Proterozoic; Receiver function

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MOHO; NOISE; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; TERRANE; UPPER MANTLE;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 84856383494     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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