Near-vertical seismic reflection image using a novel acquisition technique across the Vrancea Zone and Foscani Basin, south-eastern Carpathians (Romania)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 410, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 293-309

  Panea, I ^a   Stephenson, Randel ^b   Knapp, C ^c   Mocanu, V ^a   Drijkoningen, G ^d   Matenco, L ^b   Knapp, J ^c   Prodehl, K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carpathian Orogen; Continental lithosphere; Crustal structure; Focsani Basin; Romania; Seismicity; Vrancea zone

Indexed keywords

IMAGE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 29744432418     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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