Upper mantle structure beneath the Alpine orogen from high-resolution teleseismic tomography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Lippitsch, Regina ^a   Kissling, Edi ^a   Ansorge, Jörg ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine orogen; Body waves; Crust and upper mantle; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELT; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE;

ALPS; EUROPE;

EID: 0345376078     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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