Crustal and upper mantle structure in the Amazon region (Brazil) determined with broadband mobile stations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Kruger F ^a   Scherbaum, F ^a   Rosa, J W C ^b   Kind, R ^c   Zetsche, F ^a   Hohne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC SETTING; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 18744424746     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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