A receiver function study across the Dead Sea Transform

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 948-960

  Mohsen, A ^a,b   Hofstetter, R ^c   Bock, G ^a   Kind, R ^a,d   Weber, M ^a,e   Wylegalla, K ^a   Rumpker G ^a,e  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c Geophysical Institute   (Israel)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Dead Sea Transform; Mantle discontinuities

Indexed keywords

CRUST; MOHO; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SURVEY; TRANSFORM FAULT; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

MOHO;

EID: 15944385302     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02534.x     Document Type: Article

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