Nature of the lithosphere across the Variscan orogen of SW Iberia: Dense wide-angle seismic reflection data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Palomeras, I ^a   Carbonell, R ^a   Flecha, I ^a   Simancas, F ^b   Ayarza, P ^c   Matas, J ^d   Poyatos, D Martinez ^b   Azor, A ^b   Lodeiro, F González ^b   Perez Estaun A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST; DATA SET; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; PYRITE; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOMETRY; TRAVEL TIME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 66149180585     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005050     Document Type: Article

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