Seismic lamination and anisotropy of the lower continental crust

Tectonophysics

Volumn 416, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 81-99

  Meissner, Rolf ^a   Rabbel, Wolfgang ^a   Kern, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crust mantle boundary; Lower continental crust; Reflection seismics; Seismic lamination and anisotropy

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LOWER CRUST; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

SESIA;

EID: 33645898012     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.11.013     Document Type: Article

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