The Sorgenfrei-Tornquist Zone as the mantle edge of Baltica lithosphere: New evidence from three-dimensional seismic anisotropy

Terra Nova

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 243-249

  Babuška, Vladislav ^a   Plomerová, Jaroslava ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE SPLITTING;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 6944243850     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2004.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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