The deep structure of the Engadine Window: Evidence from deep seismic data

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 657-675

  Hitz, Luzi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Deep structure; Engadine window; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

MOHO;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

SWITZERLAND, GRAUBUNDEN, ENGADINE WINDOW;

EID: 0030475310     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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