A strong seismic velocity contrast in the shallow mantle across the Zagros collision zone (Iran)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 399-410

  Kaviani, A ^a,b   Paul, A ^a   Bourova, E ^a   Hatzfeld, D ^a   Pedersen, H ^a   Mokhtari, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Lithospheric structure; Surface wave dispersion; Teleseismic tomography; Zagros collision belt

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVELENGTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 35248890963     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03535.x     Document Type: Article

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