On the interpretation of large-scale seismic tomography images in the Aegean sea area

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-42

  Papadopoulos, Gerassimos A ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean area; Lithospheric slab penetration; Paleosubduction; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

AEGEAN SEA;

EID: 0031462677     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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