The anisotropic seismic structure of the East European platform

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Matzel, Eric ^a   Grand, Stephen P ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Europe; Inversion; Mantle

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA INVERSION; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 2542440583     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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