New data on mantle seismicity of the Caspian region and their geological interpretation

Geotectonics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 208-220

  Kovachev, S A ^a   Kaz'min, V G ^a   Kuzin, I P ^a   Lobkovsky, L I ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

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Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING;

CASPIAN BASIN; EURASIA;

EID: 67649464359     PISSN: 00168521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0016852109030030     Document Type: Article

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