Seismic structure in the mantle beneath Australia

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 372, Issue , 2003, Pages 7-23

  Kennett, B L N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Lithosphere; Seismic tomography; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; SPEED; SURFACE WAVES;

ASTHENOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TOMOGRAPHIC INVERSION; TOMOGRAPHIC METHODS; UPPER MANTLE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AMPLITUDE; ASTHENOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOGRAM; UPPER MANTLE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84871454583     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2372-8.7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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