Processes of lithosphere evolution: New evidence on the structure of the continental crust and uppermost mantle

Tectonophysics

Volumn 358, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 1-15

  Artemieva, Irina M ^a   Mooney, Walter D ^b   Perchuc, Edward ^c   Thybo, Hans ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crust; Lithosphere; Mantle

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TECTONICS; TECTONOPHYSICS; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0037078919     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00530-9     Document Type: Article

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