Steps in lithospheric thickness within eastern Australia, evidence from surface wave tomography

Fishwick, Stewart; Heintz, M.; Kennett, Brian; Reading, Anya; Yoshizawa, K

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Steps in lithospheric thickness within eastern Australia, evidence from surface wave tomography

Date

2008

Authors

Fishwick, Stewart

Heintz, M.

Kennett, Brian

Reading, Anya

Yoshizawa, K

Publisher

American Geophysical Union

Abstract

A series of steps in the lithospheric thickness of eastern Australia are revealed by the latest seismic surface wave tomographic model and calculations of the horizontal gradient of shear wave speed. The new images incorporate data from the recent Tasmal