Upper mantle anisotropy beneath Central Europe from SKS wave splitting: Effects of absolute plate motion and lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary topography?

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 11-32

  Bormann, P ^a   Grunthal G ^a   Kind, R ^a   Montag, H ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LITHOSPHERE/ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; MANTLE (UPPER); PLATE MOTION; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

EUROPE;

EID: 0030466907     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-3707(96)00014-2     Document Type: Article

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