Three-dimensional upper-mantle S-velocity model for the Eurasia-Africa plate boundary region

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-130

  Marone, Federica ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Broad band; Mantle structure; Mediterranean; Rayleigh waves; Shear wave velocity; Waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN PLATE; EURASIAN PLATE; MOHO; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 3843134254     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02305.x     Document Type: Article

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