A resolved mantle anomaly as the cause of the Australian-antarctic Discordance

We present evidence for the existence of an Australian-Antarctic Mantle Anomaly (AAMA) that trends northwest-southeast (NW-SE) through the Australian-Antarctic Discordance (AAD) on the Southeast Indian Ridge (SEIR), is confined to the upper 120 km of the mantle beneath the AAD, and dips shallowly to...

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Main Authors: M. H. Ritzwoller, N. M. Shapiro, G. M. Leahy
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2003
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.399.6532
http://ciei.colorado.edu/geophysics/pubs/mhrpubs/pubs/2003/3_old.pdf