Comparison of gravimetric and seismic constraints on the structure of the Aegean lithosphere in the forearc of the Hellenic subduction zone in the area of Crete

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 3-5, 2007, Pages 173-185

  Snopek, K ^a   Meier, T ^b   Endrun, B ^b   Bohnhoff, M ^a   Casten, U ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D modelling; Gravity field; Hellenic subduction zone; Seismic methods

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLATE TECTONICS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC METHOD; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SURFACE WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE VELOCITY;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548362059     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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