Crustal properties from S-wave and gravity data along a seismic refraction profile in Romania

Tectonophysics

Volumn 410, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 251-272

  Raileanu, V ^a   Bala, A ^a   Hauser, F ^b   Prodehl, C ^b   Fielitz, W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern Carpathians; Gravity profile; Lithosphere structure; Moesia; Poisson's ratio; Shear waves

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 27744566291     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.09.014     Document Type: Article

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