Seismic anisotropy of the French Massif Central and predisposition of Cenozoic rifting and volcanism by Variscan suture hidden in the mantle lithosphere

Tectonics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 11-1-11-20

  Babuška, Vladislav ^a   Plomerová, Jaroslava ^a   Vecsey, Luděk ^a   Granet, Michel ^b   Achauer, Ulrich ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Mantle lithosphere; Massif central; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; RIFTING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM;

FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL;

EID: 0036706149     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC901035     Document Type: Article

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