Seismic evidence for a deep upper mantle thermal anomaly beneath East Africa

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 599-602

  Nyblade, A A ^a   Owens, T J ^a   Gurrola, H ^a   Ritsema, J ^a   Langston, C A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craton; East Africa; Plume; Rift

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY;

CRATON; DEEP UPPER MANTLE; EAST AFRICA; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLUME; RIFT; SEISMIC VELOCITIES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

HEAT FLOW; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84879886816     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<599:SEFADU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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