Published April 25, 1970 | Version public
Journal Article

How Thick is the Lithosphere?

Abstract

A rapid decrease in shear velocity in the suboceanic mantle is used to infer the thickness of the lithosphere. It is proposed that new and highly precise group velocity data constrain the solutions and imply a thickness near 70 km.

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© 1970 Nature Publishing Group. Received February 20, 1970. This study was supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency and monitored by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

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54599
DOI
10.1038/226330a0
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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

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