South African seismicity, April 1997 to April 1999, and regional variations in the crust and uppermost mantle of the Kaapvaal craton

Lithos

Volumn 71, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 369-392

  Wright, C ^a   Kgaswane, E M ^a,d   Kwadiba, M T O ^a,b   Simon, R E ^a,c   Nguuri, T K ^a,e   McRae Samuel, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Department of Geological Survey ^*  (Botswana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^d Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^e INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Composition of crust; Composition of uppermost mantle; Crustal thickness; Kaapvaal craton; Mining induced earthquakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999252429     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: 18726143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(03)00122-1     Document Type: Article

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