Moho deepening and shallow upper crustal delamination beneath the central Apennines

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 280, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Di Luzio, E ^a   Mele, G ^b   Tiberti, M M ^b   Cavinato, G P ^a   Parotto, M ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Apennines; CROP 11; Italy; Moho depth

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; CENTRAL APENNINES; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DATA IMAGES; DEEP SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATIONS; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; HIGH DENSITIES; ITALY; MOHO DEPTH; SEISMIC DATUM; TELESEISMIC RECEIVER FUNCTIONS;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; STEEL SHEET;

CROPS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DATA INTERPRETATION; DELAMINATION; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MOHO; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 62549110388     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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