Tomography and velocity structure of the crust and uppermost mantle in southeastern Europe obtained from surface wave analysis

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 165-184

  Raykova, R ^a,b   Nikolova, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Group velocity; Inversion; Shear wave velocity structure; Southeastern Europe; Surface waves; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DATA INVERSION; MOHO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE;

ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; BLACK SEA; CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847422244     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-007-0008-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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