Petrographic interpretation of a complex seismic crust-mantle transition in the central-eastern Alps

Tectonophysics

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 75-88

  Musacchio, Gemma ^a   Zappone, Alba ^b   Cassinis, Roberto ^b   Scarascia, Salvatore ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central eastern Alps; ; Crust mantle transition; Ivrea Verbano Zone; P wave velocities, laboratory measurements

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MOHO; PETROGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032581829     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00094-8     Document Type: Article

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