Crustal thickness estimation beneath the southern central Andes at 30°S and 36°S from S wave receiver function analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 249-254

  Heit, Benjamin ^a   Yuan, Xiaohui ^a   Bianchi, Marcelo ^b   Sodoudi, Forough ^a   Kind, Rainer ^a  

^a GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body waves; Crustal structure; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; South America; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LITHOSPHERE; MOHO; S-WAVE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 45249090380     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03780.x     Document Type: Article

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