S velocity structure and radial anisotropy in the Aegean region from surface wave dispersion

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 593-616

  Endrun, Brigitte ^a   Meier, Thomas ^b   Lebedev, Sergei ^c,f   Bohnhoff, Marco ^d   Stavrakakis, George ^e   Harjes, Hans Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Seismic anisotropy; Subduction zone processes; Surface waves and free oscillations

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN PLATE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OSCILLATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SURFACE WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE DISPERSION;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 48349109340     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03802.x     Document Type: Article

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