Crustal structure beneath broad-band seismic stations in the Mediterranean region

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 729-739

  van der Meijde, Mark ^a   van der Lee, Suzan ^a   Giardini, Domenico ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Broad band; Crustal structure; Moho discontinuity; Poisson's ratio; Seismic deconvolution

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND DATA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DECONVOLUTION; DISCONTINUITY; MOHO; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC DATA;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0037339142     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01871.x     Document Type: Article

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