Seismic imaging of mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the northern Red Sea and adjacent areas

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 648-657

  Mohamed, A A ^a,b   Gao, S S ^a   Elsheikh, A A ^a   Liu, K H ^a   Yu, Y ^a   Fat Helbary, R E ^b  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Continental tectonics; Extensional; Hotspots

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS;

410-KM DISCONTINUITY; COMPUTATIONAL SEISMOLOGIES; CONTINENTAL TECTONICS; EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY; EXTENSIONAL; HOTSPOTS; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFRICAN PLATE; DISCONTINUITY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOLOGY; TRANSITION ZONE;

EGYPT; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT];

EID: 84915805407     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu284     Document Type: Article

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