Lithosphere-asthenosphere system in shield areas of North America and Europe

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1043-1056

  Calcagnile, Gildo ^a   Del Gaudio, Vincenzo ^a   Pierri, Pierpaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fennoscandia shield; Lithosphere asthenosphere; North america; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

CRATON; LITHOSPHERE ASTHENOSPHERE; PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031433772     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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