Seismic tomography of Central São Miguel, Azores

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 8-18

  Zandomeneghi, Daria ^a   Almendros, Javier ^a   Ibáñez, Jesús M ^a   Saccorotti, Gilberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Azores; Crustal structure; Seismic tomography; Volcano seismology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ARRIVAL TIME; CALDERA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; WAVE VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; FOGO VOLCANO; FURNAS; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 42649128371     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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