Crustal and upper-mantle structure in the Eastern Mediterranean from the analysis of surface wave dispersion curves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1139-1152

  Di Luccio, F ^a   Pasyanos, M E ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; Lithosphere; Moho depth; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL ARC; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LOVE WAVE; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SURFACE WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 34250204540     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03332.x     Document Type: Article

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