Variations in the crustal structure beneath western Turkey

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 373-389

  Saunders, Paul ^a,c   Priestley, Keith ^a   Taymaz, Tuncay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NEDERLANDSE AARDOLIE MAATSCHAPPIJ B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

TURKEY;

EID: 0031658594     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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