A N-S receiver function profile across the variscides and caledonides in SW Ireland

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 814-824

  Landes, Michael ^a   Ritter, J R R ^a   O'Reilly, B M ^b   Readman, P W ^b   Do, V C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Caledonian orogeny; Iapetus Suture Zone; Ireland

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MOHO; SEISMIC DATA; SUTURE ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746162332     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03052.x     Document Type: Article

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