S and P velocity heterogeneities within the upper mantle below the Baltic Shield

Tectonophysics

Volumn 462, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 109-124

  Eken, Tuna ^a   Shomali, Z Hossein ^a,b   Roberts, Roland ^a   Hieronymus, Christoph F ^a   Bodvarsson, Reynir ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lithosphere; Seismic anisotropy; Teleseismic tomography; Upper mantle structure beneath Baltic Shield

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ARRIVAL TIME; EARTHQUAKE; HETEROGENEITY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; PROTEROZOIC; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE VELOCITY;

BALTIC SHIELD; EURASIA;

EID: 56549093262     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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