Crustal P- and S-velocity structure of the Serbomacedonian Massif (northern Greece) obtained by non-linear inversion of traveltimes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-39

  Papazachos, C B ^a  

^a Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

GREECE;

EID: 0031688808     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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