Lithosphere structure across the Dead Sea Transform as constrained by Rayleigh waves observed during the DESERT experiment

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 593-610

  Laske, G ^a   Weber, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Surface waves and free oscillations; Tomography; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL THINNING; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT ZONE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; THERMOMECHANICS;

ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE;

EID: 42349091768     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03749.x     Document Type: Article

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