Subcrustal lithosphere around the saxothuringian-Moldanubian Suture Zone - A model derived from anisotroy of seismic wave velocities

Tectonophysics

Volumn 332, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 185-199

  Babuska V ^a   Plomerova J ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Continental lithosphere; Olivine fabric; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PALEOZOIC; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

EUROPE;

EID: 18344398196     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00255-9     Document Type: Article

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