Seismic attenuation in the Carpathian bend zone and surroundings

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 695-709

  Russo, R M ^a   Mocanu, V ^b   Radulian, Mircea ^c   Popa, Mihaela ^c   Bonjer, Klaus P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Carpathians; Delamination; Lithosphere; Romania; Seismic attenuation; Slab detachment; Vrancea

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SLAB DETACHMENT;

ACCELEROMETERS; ATTENUATION; DELAMINATION; EARTH (PLANET); EARTHQUAKES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEASUREMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; UPPER MANTLE;

CARPATHIANS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24144443489     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.046     Document Type: Article

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