Deep structure of the southern Ural mountains as derived from wide-angle seismic data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 501-515

  Stadtlander, R ^a   Mechie, J ^a   Schulze, A ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Russia; Seismic refraction; Ural mountains

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URALS;

EID: 0033024221     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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