Crustal structure in the Southern Apennines from teleseismic receiver functions

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-158

  Steckler, Michael S ^a   Agostinetti, Nicola Piana ^b   Wilson, Charles K ^a   Roselli, Pamela ^b   Seeber, Leonardo ^a   Amato, Alessandro ^b   Lerner Lam, Arthur ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennines; Continental collision; Receiver functions; Seismology; Structural geology; Thrust tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; THRUST TECTONICS;

CARBONATE MINERALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DISCONTINUITY; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; THRUST;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 44449114221     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24065A.1     Document Type: Article

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