Crustal structure at the easternmost termination of the Variscan belt based on CELEBRATION 2000 and ALP 2002 data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 460, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 55-75

  Hrubcova P ^a   Sroda P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bohemian Massif; Crustal structure; Refraction and wide angle reflection; Seismic methods; Variscan orogen

Indexed keywords

BELT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MONOCLINE; P-WAVE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

ALPS; BOHEMIAN MASSIF; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

BRUNIA;

EID: 54949156385     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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