Refraction-seismic investigations of the northern Massif Central (France)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 275, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 99-117

  Zeyen, Hermann ^a,d   Novak, Olaf ^a,c   Landes, Michael ^a,c   Prodehl, Claus ^a   Driad, Lynda ^b   Hirn, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crust; Crustal thinning; Limagne; Underplating; Velocity structure

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THINNING; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; UNDERPLATING;

FRANCE, MASSIF CENTRAL;

EID: 0031410615     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00017-6     Document Type: Article

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