EurID: A regionalized 3-D seismological model of Europe

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 31-62

  Du, Z J ^a,b,d   Michelini, A ^a,c   Panza, G F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 D model; Crust structure; Europe; Mantle structure; Structural database

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMOLOGICAL MODEL;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031818327     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(97)00107-6     Document Type: Article

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