S-P-wave traveltime residuals from earthquakes and lateral inhomogeneity in the upper mantle beneath the Aegean and the Hellenic Trench near Crete

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 545-558

  Taymaz, Tuncay ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aegean; Hellenic trench; Inversion; Traveltime; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; TRAVELTIME;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE, CRETE; TURKEY;

EID: 0030430177     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04740.x     Document Type: Article

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