Contrasts in mantle structure beneath Australia: relation to Tasman Lines?

Kennett, Brian; Fishwick, Stewart; Reading, Anya; Rawlinson, Nicholas

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Contrasts in mantle structure beneath Australia: relation to Tasman Lines?

Date

2004

Authors

Kennett, Brian

Fishwick, Stewart

Reading, Anya

Rawlinson, Nicholas

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Surface-wave tomography for the Australian region, using data mostly from portable seismic recorders, reveals a very strong contrast in seismic shear-wave speed beneath central and western Australia and the east of the continent. Shear-wave speeds faster