Crustal structure and upper mantle stratigraphy of the Arabian shield

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Kumar, M Ravi ^a   Ramesh, D S ^a   Saul, Joachim ^b   Sarkar, Dipankar ^a   Kind, Rainer ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY;

COASTAL REGIONS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO DEPTH; NEGATIVE PHASE; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; STATION NETWORK; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY INVERSION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0037092324     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014530     Document Type: Article

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