Crustal and upper mantle structure of the Western Carpathians from CELEBRATION 2000 profiles CEL01 and CEL04: Seismic models and geological implications

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 737-760

  Sroda P ^a   Czuba, W ^a   Grad, M ^b   Guterch, A ^a   Tokarski, A K ^c   Janik, T ^b   Rauch, M ^c   Keller, G R ^d   Hegedus E ^e   Vozar J ^f   Gaczynski E ^g   Malinowski, M ^g   Zuchniak, M ^g   Thybo, H ^g   Hrubcova P ^g   Spi cak A ^g   Brueckl, E ^g   Hajnal, Z ^g   Selvi, O ^g   Harder, S ^g  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^e GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^f INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Carpathians; Crustal structure; Explosion seismology; Orogeny; Seismic modelling; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FORWARD MODELING; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; OROGENY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PANNONIAN BASIN; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

EID: 33745691577     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03104.x     Document Type: Article

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