Plume scar in the mantle lithosphere beneath the Seychelles revealed by seismic imaging

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 355-356, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-31

  Hammond, J O S ^a,b   Collier, J S ^a   Kendall, J M ^b   Helffrich, G ^b   Rumpker G ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Mantle plume; Receiver functions; Sulphide melt

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LOW VELOCITIES; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SEISMIC IMAGING; SILICATE MELTS; SULPHIDE MELT; UPPER MANTLE;

ANISOTROPY; FLOODS; THERMAL PLUMES;

SEISMOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; FLOOD BASALT; IMAGING METHOD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC METHOD; SILICATE MELT; SULFIDE; WAVE VELOCITY;

DECCAN; INDIA; SEYCHELLES;

EID: 84867133684     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.020     Document Type: Article

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