Fig. 1: Main tectonic features, seismic data coverage and our tomography of Africa. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Main tectonic features, seismic data coverage and our tomography of Africa.

From: African cratonic lithosphere carved by mantle plumes

Fig. 1

a Cratons and other primary features. Archean shields are plotted in blue: Re Reguibat, ML Man-Lèo, GC Gabon-Cameroon, BK Bomu-Kibali, Ug Uganda, TZ Tanzania, Ka Kasai, AG Angola, Bw Bangweulu Block, ZB Zimbabwe, Lp Limpopo Block, KV Kaapvaal. Mobile belts are plotted in black dashed lines: Ob Oubanguides, Ib Irumide, Db Damara, Nb Namaqua, La Lufilian Arc, Rp Rehoboth Province. Large Igneous Provinces and Volcanics are plotted in red, hotspots as yellow diamonds: Md Madeira, Ca Canary, As Ascension, SH Saint Helena, Ve Vema, Ts Tristan da Cunha, Cm Comoro, Re Reuniòn, Ah Ahaggar, Tb Tibesti, Df Darfur, Af Afar, Ky Kenyan. Other features: WASZ West African Shear Zone, EAOZ East African Orogenic Zone, AS Arabian Shield, AP Arabian Platform, Atlas Atlas Mountains. b seismic stations (red triangles) and events (yellow stars) used in tomography, plotted on the hit-count map of data sampling. c Average shear-wave speed (\({V}_{S}\)) in the 110–150 km depth range, with geological features as in a. d \({V}_{S}\) at 330 km depth.

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