Lithospheric structure of the continent-continent collision zone: Eastern Turkey

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1079-1088

  Gök, Rengin ^a   Pasyanos, Michael E ^a   Zor, Ekrem ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anisotrophy; EasternTurkey; Lithosphere; Middle East; Receiver functions; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOVE WAVE; MANTLE; MOHO; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE VELOCITY;

ANATOLIA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; TURKEY;

EID: 34250218231     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03288.x     Document Type: Article

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