The Eifel Plume - Imaged with converted seismic waves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 579-589

  Budweg, Martin ^a,c   Bock, Günter ^d   Weber, Michael ^a,b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Crust; Eifel; Plume; Receiver function; Seismology; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMOLOGY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EIFEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE; RHINELAND-PALATINATE;

EID: 33645073490     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02778.x     Document Type: Article

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