P - And S-velocity images of the lithosphere-asthenosphere system in the Central Andes from local-source tomographic inversion

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 106-126

  Koulakov, Ivan ^a,b   Sobolev, Stephan V ^a,c   Asch, Günter ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Central Andes; Mantle wedge; Seismic tomography; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DATA INVERSION; LITHOSPHERE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; WAVE VELOCITY;

ANDES; CORDILLERA CENTRAL [ANDES]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749328822     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02949.x     Document Type: Article

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