A crustal model along 39°S from a seismic refraction profile-ISSA 2000

Revista Geologica de Chile

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-94

  Lüth, Stefan ^a   Wigger, Peter ^a   Araneda, Manuel ^b   Asch, Günter ^c   Bataille, Klaus ^d   Bohm, Mirjam ^c   Bruhn, Carsten ^e   Giese, Peter ^a   Quezada, Jorge ^d   Rietbrock, Andreas ^e  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SEGMI   (Chile)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Seismic refraction; Southern Chile

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SURVEY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MOHO;

EID: 20144379771     PISSN: 07160208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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