Crustal structure of a young margin pair: New results across the Liguro-Provencal Basin from wide-angle seismic tomography

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 333-345

  Gailler, A ^a   Klingelhoefer, F ^a   Olivet, J L ^a   Aslanian, D ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

conjugate margins; crustal structure; Gulf of Lions; NW Mediterranean Basin; travel time tomography; Western Sardinia; wide angle seismic

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATE MARGINS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GULF OF LIONS; NW-MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; TRAVEL-TIME TOMOGRAPHY; WESTERN SARDINIA; WIDE-ANGLE SEISMIC;

CAVITY RESONATORS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA INTERPRETATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC ZONE; TECTONICS; TRANSITION ZONE; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF LION; ITALY; LIGURO-PROVENCAL BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 69549102954     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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