Seismological constraints on the crustal structure beneath the Zagros Mountain belt (Iran)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 403-410

  Hatzfeld, Denis ^a   Tatar, Mohammad ^a,b   Priestley, Keith ^c   Ghafory Ashtiany, Mohsen ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crust structure; Iran; Zagros

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

IRAN;

EID: 0344035470     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02045.x     Document Type: Article

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