Crustal structure of the Eastern Alps along the TRANSALP profile from wide-angle seismic tomography

Tectonophysics

Volumn 414, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 51-69

  Bleibinhaus, Florian ^a   Gebrande, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Crustal structure; Eastern Alps; P wave velocities; Reflection; Refraction; Seismic tomography; Tauern Window; TRANSALP

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 32044444615     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.10.028     Document Type: Article

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