Three-dimensional velocity structure of the upper mantle beneath Costa Rica from a teleseismic tomography study

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-208

  Colombo, D ^a,c   Cimini, G B ^b   De Franco, R ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c Geosystem Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intraplate tectonics; Non linear teleseismic tomography; Seismicity; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

TELESEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031400446     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01216.x     Document Type: Article

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