Tomographic constraints on the geodynamic evolution of the Italian region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B9, 1999, Pages 20307-20327

  Lucente, Francesco Pio ^a   Chiarabba, Claudio ^a   Cimini, Giovanni B ^a   Giardini, Domenico ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ITALY;

EID: 0033543307     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900147     Document Type: Article

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