New seismic model of the upper mantle beneath Africa

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-66

  Ritsema, J ^a   van Heijst, H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Cratonic structure; East African Rift; Rayleigh waves; Seismic tomography; Shear wave velocity

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; LOW-DENSITY MATERIALS; PRELIMINARY REFERENCE EARTH MODELS; RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SURROUNDING REGIONS;

SHEAR FLOW;

MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 84879883348     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<63:NSMOTU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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