3-D upper crustal tomographic structure across the Vrancea seismic zone, Romania

Tectonophysics

Volumn 382, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 85-102

  Landes, Michael ^a   Fielitz, W ^a   Hauser, F ^a   Popa, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

3 D tomography inversion; Crustal structure; Romania; Seismic refraction; Vrancea zone

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FORELAND BASIN; OROGENIC BELT; SEISMIC REFRACTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942507413     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.11.013     Document Type: Article

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