Structure and rheology of lithosphere in Italy and surrounding

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 194-199

  Panza, G F ^a,b   Raykova, R B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO; RHEOLOGY; S-WAVE; SEISMICITY; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 44649181123     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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