The crustal structure of Cuba derived from receiver function analysis

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 359-375

  Moreno Toiran, Bladimir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Centro Nac de Invest Sismologicas   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Cuba; Moho depth; Receiver function; Velocity model

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MOHO; TELESEISMIC WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CUBA;

EID: 0041352073     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024566803893     Document Type: Article

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