Attenuation in Southeastern Carpathians area: Result of upper mantle inhomogeneity

Tectonophysics

Volumn 410, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 235-249

  Popa, Mihaela ^a   Radulian, Mircea ^a   Grecu, B ^a   Popescu, E ^a   Placinta, A O ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Intermediate depth earthquakes; Seismic wave attenuation; Upper mantle lateral inhomogeneity; Vrancea region

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; UPPER MANTLE;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 29744441072     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.12.037     Document Type: Article

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