Crustal structure south of the Mexican volcanic belt, based on group velocity dispersion

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 361-370

  Campillo, M ^a   Singh, S K ^b   Shapiro, N ^a   Pacheco, J ^b   Herrmann, R B ^c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Mexican crust; Surface wave dispersion

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

MEXICO, MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 0030441540     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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