New insight in the tectonics of the southern Rhine Graben-Jura region using local earthquake seismology

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Lopes Cardozo, G G O ^a   Granet, M ^a  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Jura Mountains; Local earthquake tomography; Rhine Graben

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; JURA MOUNTAINS; RHINE GRABEN;

EID: 1842427963     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001442     Document Type: Article

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