Mantle structure under Gibraltar constrained by dispersion of body waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Bokelmann, Götz ^a   Maufroy, Emeline ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PLATE BOUNDARY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AFRICAN PLATE; BODY WAVE; DELAMINATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SUBDUCTION; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE DISPERSION;

ALBORAN SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GIBRALTAR; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38949088954     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030964     Document Type: Article

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