The crustal structure beneath SE Romania from teleseismic receiver functions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 238-251

  Diehl, T ^a,b   Ritter, J R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Moho; Receiver functions; Romania

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 27744565366     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02715.x     Document Type: Article

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