Lithospheric structure of the Aegean obtained from P and S receiver functions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Sodoudi, Foroug ^a   Kind, R ^a,b   Hatzfeld, D ^c   Priestley, K ^d   Hanka, W ^a   Wylegalla, K ^a   Stavrakakis, G ^e   Vafidis, A ^f   Harjes, H P ^g   Bohnhoff, M ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^g RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN PLATE; MOHO; SEISMOGRAM; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 34547912201     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003932     Document Type: Article

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