The crustal and upper-mantle structure of the interior Arabian platform

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 421-430

  Al Amri, Abdullah M S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabian platform; Arabian shield; Crustal structure; Riyadh; Spectral analysis; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0032897343     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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