Local earthquake tomography of the Altiplano and the Eastern Cordillera of northern Bolivia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 259, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 117-136

  Dorbath, Catherine ^a,b   Granet, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b EOPGS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERSION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

BOLIVIA, ANDES;

EID: 0030482666     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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