Deep seismic reflection data and new insights on the bulk geometry of mountain ranges

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 322, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 345-359

  Roure, François ^a   Choukroune, Pierre ^b   Polino, Riccardo ^c  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine orogen; Crustal architecture; Deep seismic reflection data; Hercynian orogen; Mantle buffer

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; MANTLE BUFFER; MOHO; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0029752397     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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