Tomography of the Andean crust and mantle at 20°S: First results of the Lithoscope experiment

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 97, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 133-144

  Dorbath, Catherine ^a,b   Paul, Anne ^c   Achauer, U ^d   Aldunate, M ^d   Bianchi, T ^d   Caminade, J P ^d   Farra, V ^d   Fontanilla, R ^d   Fornari, M ^d   Guiget, R ^d   Guilbert, J ^d   Guillier, J ^d   Herquel, G ^d   Lambert, M ^d   Martinez, C ^d   Masson, F ^d   Monfret, T ^d   Pequegnat C ^d   Soler, P ^d   Wittlinger, G ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST; MANTLE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRUCTURE; SUBDUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

BOLIVIA, ANDES; CHILE, ANDES;

EID: 0030431201     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(96)03140-8     Document Type: Article

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