Group-velocity tomography and lithospheric S-velocity structure of the South American continent

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 315-331

  Feng, Mei ^a   Assumpção, Marcelo ^a   Van der Lee, Suzan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group velocity; Lithosphere; S velocity; South American continent; Surface wave tomography

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 6444220750     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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