P-wave tomographic images in the Central Betics-Alboran sea (South Spain) using local earthquakes: Contribution for a continental collision

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 4031-4034

  Serrano, Inmaculada ^a   Morales, José ^a,b   Zhao, Dapeng ^c   Torcal, Federico ^a   Vidal, Francisco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

INTERMEDIATE DEPTH SEISMICITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032216306     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900021     Document Type: Article

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