Receiver function study of the Hellenic subduction zone: Imaging crustal thickness variations and the oceanic Moho of the descending African lithosphere

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 733-748

  Li, X ^a   Bock, G ^a   Vafidis, A ^b   Kind, R ^a   Harjes, H P ^c   Hanka, W ^a   Wylegalla, K ^a   van der Meijde, M ^d   Yuan, X ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d Institut für Geophysik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crete; Crustal structure; Hellenic arc; Receiver functions; Subduction; Wadati Benioff zone

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

HELLENIC ARC; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0344035372     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02100.x     Document Type: Article

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