Crustal geometry of the northeastern Gulf of Aden passive margin: Localization of the deformation inferred from receiver function analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1247-1260

  Tiberi, C ^a,d   Leroy, S ^a   D'Acremont, E ^a   Bellahsen, N ^a   Ebinger, C ^b   Al lazki, A ^c   Pointu, A ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Receiver function; Rifted margin; Segmentation; Seismology

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; OCEANIC CRUST; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMOLOGY;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 33847791344     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03294.x     Document Type: Article

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