Seismic structure of the southeast Australian lithosphere from surface and body wave tomography

Tectonophysics

Volumn 572-573, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-122

  Rawlinson, N ^a   Fishwick, S ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body waves; Gondwana; Seismic tomography; Southeast Australia; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

ADELAIDE; ANTARCTICA; ARRIVAL TIME; AUSTRALIA; BODY WAVES; CURNAMONA; GONDWANA; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH VELOCITY; HOT SPOT; LITHOSPHERIC; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOW VELOCITIES; MELBOURNE; MULTIPLE ARRAYS; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PALAEOZOIC; REGULARISATION; SEISMIC ARRAYS; SEISMIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TECTONIC HISTORY; TELESEISMIC; TELESEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY TRANSITIONS;

SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; VELOCITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARRIVAL TIME; BODY WAVE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GEOPHYSICAL ARRAY; GONDWANA; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OROGENY; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

ADELAIDE; ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; CURNAMONA PROVINCE; MELBOURNE; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TASMAN SEA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84866862732     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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