Tomographic imaging of deep velocity structure beneath the Eastern and Southern Carpathians, Romania: Implications for continental collision

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B2, 1998, Pages 2705-2723

  Fan, Guangwei ^a   Wallace, Terry C ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA;

EID: 0031825590     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb01511     Document Type: Article

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