A new tomographic image of the Pyrenean lithosphere from teleseismic data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 460, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 206-214

  Souriau, Annie ^a   Chevrot, Sébastien ^a   Olivera, Carme ^b  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b Institut Geologic de Catalunya   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lithosphere; Pyrenees; Seismic tomography; Seismology

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MODELING; MOHO; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TRAVEL TIME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 54849422582     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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