The crustal structure of the western Arabian platform from the spectral analysis of long-period P-wave amplitude ratios

Tectonophysics

Volumn 290, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 271-283

  Al Amri, Abdullh M S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0032580650     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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