Crustal constraints on the origin of mantle seismicity in the Vrancea Zone, Romania: The case for active continental lithospheric delamination

Tectonophysics

Volumn 410, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 311-323

  Knapp, James H ^a   Knapp, Camelia C ^a   Raileanu, Victor ^b   Matenco, Liviu ^c   Mocanu, Victor ^c   Dinu, Cornel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Carpathians; Delamination; Romania; Tectonics; Vrancea zone

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMICITY;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VRANCEA;

EID: 29744451752     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.02.020     Document Type: Article

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