Shear-wave velocity structure of the Sinai subplate from receiver function analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-84

  Hofstetter, A ^a   Bock, G ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Cyprus arc; Dead Sea Fault; Mantle discontinuities; Moho discontinuity; Receiver functions

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC PLATE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI;

EID: 3843110295     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02218.x     Document Type: Article

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