A natural and controlled source seismic profile through the Eastern Alps: TRANSALP

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 115-129

  Kummerow, J ^a   Kind, R ^a,b   Oncken, O ^a,b   Giese, P ^b   Ryberg, T ^a   Wylegalla, K ^a   Scherbaum, F ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continent continent collision; Eastern Alps; Receiver functions

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; MOHO;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 4344645620     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.05.040     Document Type: Article

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