Seismic evidence for whole lithosphere separation between Saxothuringian and Moldanubian tectonic units in central Europe

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Heuer, B ^a   Kampf H ^a   Kind, R ^a   Geissler, W H ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; MAPPING; SEISMOLOGY;

HIGH RESOLUTION MAPPING; LITHOSPHERE;

TECTONICS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BELT; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LITHOSPHERE; MICROPLATE; MOHO; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

BOHEMIAN MASSIF; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; TEPLA-BARRANDIAN;

EID: 34347261319     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029188     Document Type: Article

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