Crust and uppermost mantle structure of Tehran region from analysis of teleseismic P-waveform receiver functions

Tectonophysics

Volumn 364, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 115-133

  Doloei, Javan ^a,b   Roberts, Roland ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Crust; Iran; Receiver function; Seismology; Tehran; Uppermost mantle structure

Indexed keywords

CRUST; EARTHQUAKE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMICITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

IRAN; TEHRAN;

EID: 0037431259     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00049-0     Document Type: Article

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