Teleseismic tomography across the middle Urals: Lithospheric trace of an ancient continental collision

Tectonophysics

Volumn 276, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 19-33

  Poupinet, G ^a   Thouvenot, F ^a   Zolotov, E E ^b   Matte, Ph ^c   Egorkin, A V ^b   Rackitov, V A ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^b Ctr Reg Geophys/Geoecological R   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Body waves; Continental tectonics; Europe; Structure of the crust; Structure of the lithosphere and mantle; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EAST EUROPEAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SIBERIAN PLATE;

EUROPE, URALS;

EID: 0031411565     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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