Teleseismic P-residual study in the Italian region - inferences on large scale anisotropic structure of the subcrustal lithosphere

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-48

  Plomerová, Jaroslava ^a   Babuška, Vladislav ^b   Scarpa, Roberto ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNESCO   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D anisotropic structure; Azimuth and spatial variations of the residuals; Lateral variations of mean residuals; Subcrustal lithosphere; Teleseismic P residuals

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ITALY;

EID: 0032450390     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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