Seismic anisotropy in tomographic studies of the upper mantle beneath Southern Europe

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-121

  Plomerová, Jaroslava ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Residual spheres; Seismic anisotropy; Subcrustal lithosphere; Upper mantle heterogeneities; Velocity perturbation

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031448346     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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