Crustal structure of the Arabian plate: New constraints from the analysis of teleseismic receiver functions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 177-196

  Al Damegh, Khaled ^a,c   Sandvol, Eric ^b   Barazangi, Muawia ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c King Abdulaziz City Sci/Technol   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabian plate; Crustal structure; Receiver functions; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAP RE-SAMPLING TECHNIQUES; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SLANT STACKING APPROACH;

EARTHQUAKES; ERROR ANALYSIS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STACKING FAULTS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; OCEANIC REGIONS; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA; WORLD;

MOHO;

EID: 14744282340     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.12.020     Document Type: Article

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