A deep seismic crustal transect from the NE Iberian Peninsula to the western Mediterranean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 12381-12396

  Vidal, Neus ^a   Gallart, Josep ^a   Dañobeitia, Juan José ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 0032503470     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00076     Document Type: Article

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